Method for collecting monitor information
View Patent ↗A method for collecting information regarding monitors connected to Window-based computer systems. A monitor class definition is established, and a monitor information provider is created. The monitor information provider is loaded on a Windows-based computer, which includes at least one monitor. The monitor information provider gathers serial number and model information of the monitor.
1. A method, comprising:
establishing a monitor class definition;
creating a monitor information provider to identify at least one computer monitor;
linking the monitor class definition and the monitor information provider;
loading the monitor information provider on a computer in communication with the at least one computer monitor; and
gathering, by the monitor information provider, serial number and model information of the at least one computer monitor,
wherein the gathering step comprises parsing a plug-and-play extended data identification block on the computer and extracting the serial number and the model information from the plug-and-play extended data identification block, and
wherein the monitor information provider is made available to a management infrastructure in accordance with a registration script.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the registration script defines a monitor management object and associates properties of instances of the monitor management object with the monitor information provider.
3. A system, comprising:
a computer monitor; and
a computer in communication with the computer monitor, the computer configured to:
establish a monitor class definition;
create a monitor information provider to identify the computer monitor;
link the monitor class definition and the monitor information provider;
load the monitor information provider;
gather, by the monitor information provider, serial number and model information of the at least one computer monitor;
parse a plug-and-play extended data identification block; and
extract the serial number and the model information from the plug-and-play extended data identification block,
wherein the monitor information provider is made available to a management infrastructure in accordance with a registration script.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the registration script defines a monitor management object and associates properties of instances of the monitor management object with the monitor information provider.
5. A computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, configure the computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:
establishing a monitor class definition;
creating a monitor information provider to identify at least one computer monitor;
linking the monitor class definition and the monitor information provider;
loading the monitor information provider on a computer in communication with the at least one computer monitor; and
gathering, by the monitor information provider, serial number and model information of the at least one computer monitor,
wherein the gathering step comprises parsing a plug-and-play extended data identification block on the computer and extracting the serial number and the model information from the plug-and-play extended data identification block, and
wherein the monitor information provider is made available to a management infrastructure in accordance with a registration script.
6. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the registration script defines a monitor management object and associates properties of instances of the monitor management object with the monitor information provider.