Flexible communication-device management via multiple user interfaces

Inventors: Suneetha Sarala (Fremont, CA); Tian Lei (San Jose, CA); Jane Joseph (Leander, TX); Renjith Kumar Ponnappan (Fremont, CA); Andrew Persaud (San Jose, CA); Sushant Gaurav (Bangalore, IN)

Assignee: Ruckus IP Holdings LLC

G06F9/546 G06F9/547 H04L41/0213 H04L67/133

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Quick Facts

Patent No.: US 12,182,640
App. No.: 18/506,096
Filed: Nov 9, 2023
Granted: Dec 31, 2024
Kind: B2
Examiner: LEE, BRYAN Y
Art Unit: 2445
USPC: 709/203

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Abstract

A computer network device (such as an access point, a switch or a router) that has multiple user interfaces is described. During operation, the computer network device may execute program instructions for the user interfaces and a shared messaging module, where a given user interface includes an agent corresponding to an application. When a message associated with the application is received via a user interface in the user interfaces, the corresponding agent in the user interface may extract a command or operation from the message. Then, the shared messaging module may translate the command or operation into a common format of the application. Moreover, the shared messaging module may provide (or route) the translated command or operation addressed to the application via a single communication path associated with the application and the agents for the application in the user interfaces.

Claims (36)

1. A computer network device, comprising:

an interface circuit;

a processor; and

memory configured to store program instructions for multiple user interfaces and a shared messaging module, wherein, when executed by the processor, the program instructions cause the computer network device to perform operations comprising:

executing the program instructions for the user interfaces and the shared messaging module, wherein a given user interface comprises an agent corresponding to an application, and wherein the user interfaces use different, unique message formats from each other;

when a message associated with the application is received via a user interface in the user interfaces, extracting, using the corresponding agent in the user interface, a command or operation from the message;

translating, using the shared messaging module, the command or operation into a common format of the application, where the common format is different from the message formats, and the translating comprises translating the command or operation using an associated key-value pair and a predetermined application programing interface (API) associated with the command or operation, and wherein the predetermined API is in a set of predetermined APIs; and

providing, using the shared messaging module, the translated command or operation addressed to the application via a single communication path associated with the application and the agents for the application in the user interfaces.

2. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein the computer network device comprises an access point, a switch, or a router.

3. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein external communication with the user interfaces comprises non-inter-process communication, and the communication between the shared messaging module and at least the application comprises inter-process communication.

4. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein the application is associated with configuration of the computer network device, monitoring of the computer network device, or both.

5. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein the application is associated with a computer or a computer system.

6. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein, when there are multiple applications, the given user interface comprises multiple agents corresponding to the applications.

7. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein the application does not have information specifying which of the user interfaces provided the command or the operation.

8. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein the common format is not based on a data model associated with one of the user interfaces.

9. The computer network device of claim 1 , wherein the user interfaces comprise one or more of: a command line interface, a web-based user interface, RESTConf, or a simple network management protocol (SNMP) interface.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in conjunction with a computer network device, the computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions for user interfaces and a shared messaging module that, when executed by the computer network device, causes the computer network device to perform operations comprising:

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the computer network device comprises an access point, a switch, or a router.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein external communication with the user interfaces comprises non-inter-process communication, and the communication between the shared messaging module and at least the application comprises inter-process communication.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the application is associated with configuration of the computer network device, monitoring of the computer network device, or both.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the application is associated with a computer or a computer system.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein, when there are multiple applications, the given user interface comprises multiple agents corresponding to the applications.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the application does not have information specifying which of the user interfaces provided the command or the operation.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the common format is not based on a data model associated with one of the user interfaces.

18. A method for providing a command or an operation, comprising:

by a computer network device:

executing program instructions for user interfaces and a shared messaging module, wherein a given user interface comprises an agent corresponding to an application, and wherein the user interfaces use different, unique message formats from each other;

when a message associated with the application is received via a user interface in the user interfaces, extracting, using the corresponding agent in the user interface, the command or the operation from the message;

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein, when there are multiple applications, the given user interface comprises multiple agents corresponding to the applications.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the common format is not based on a data model associated with one of the user interfaces.