WO1998010570A1 - Gerät in einem datennetz - Google Patents
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- the present invention is therefore based on the object of circumventing the difficulties described and of specifying a technical teaching with which it is possible to set up networks in which the driver problem described is eliminated or at least alleviated. This object is achieved by a device in a data network with features according to claim 1.
- Claim 1 On a device in a data network acc. Claim 1 is a software stored with the aid of which a data processing system in this data network can communicate with this device to an extended extent as soon as this software is on this device
- the GE- can be a network element in a communication network or a
- Peripheral device in a computer network e.g. a network printer or in turn another data processing system.
- the data network can be a communication network, a computer network or a management network.
- the invention solves the described communication problem between data processing systems and devices in a network in that the software that is required to communicate with this device to an extended extent is present on a device in the network.
- the software is therefore always available for the data processing system, since it can either be executed on the device via the network or can be transmitted over the network from the device to the data processing system and executed there.
- FIG 1 schematically shows the device according to the invention and its integration into the data network.
- Example 1 The network printer.
- a printer according to the invention comprises a memory in which, for example, at least one printer driver is stored, which a data processing system in this network requires in order to print documents on this printer.
- this printer driver is computer available on this network. If a new printer according to the present invention is integrated into the network, or if the scope of performance of an existing printer is expanded by an update of the printer driver, it is only necessary to ensure that the printer in question has all the necessary drivers, for example for data processing systems from different manufacturers and / or with different operating systems, in the current version. No changes need to be made to the computers themselves.
- Example 2 The network element of a communication network, which is connected to computers (operation systems, workstations) via a special data network, a so-called management network, with the aid of which the communication network and the network elements, for example for setting up a user ID (subscriber administration) or another service , can be configured.
- subscriber administration of a network element eg a switch of a digital telephone network or a DECT link
- objects eg customers, services, etc.
- actions eg create, delete, modify
- the invention provides at least one software specific to the respective device, which is stored on this device is.
- the invention naturally assumes that basic communication is always possible between the elements (computers, devices) of a data network, that is to say that a basic communication protocol exists which enables the transmission of data between the elements on a lower, elementary level. Otherwise it would not make sense to speak of an element of a data network.
- a network printer generally has one or more interfaces (parallel, local talk, serial, Ethernet, etc.) via which a network computer can communicate with this printer in an elementary manner.
- Elementary communication includes, for example, status reports (availability, operating status, etc.), transmission of text files for printing using standard emulations, loading font fonts on a local hard drive of the printer, etc.
- the invention now provides that the device in the data network is equipped with means for storing (PS) software, with the aid of which a data processing system in this data network can communicate with this device to an extended extent as soon as this software on this data processing system or on this Device is running.
- PS data processing system
- These means are usually located in this device, ie not on the data processing system (DVS), although not necessarily in the housing of this device, that is, for example, on an external hard disk connected locally to this device.
- the software can also be stored on another element of the network, and only a reference address for this element is then stored on the device itself.
- the device reacts as if the software were actually stored in a memory within the device.
- the device and / or the DVS determines whether the device has software in the sense of the present invention that is not yet stored on the DVS. is available. If this is the case, the device or the DVS triggers a loading process (download) with which the software is transferred to the DVS. The software is transferred using the means of the existing basic communication between the DVS and the device.
- a TCP / IP connection between the DVS and the device.
- a connection could be implemented, for example, over the Internet.
- Hypertext Transport Protocol HTTP
- the device has a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) via which it can be addressed by any DVS in the network.
- URL Uniform Resource Locator
- the device sends an HTML document (Hypertext Markup Language), its home page, so to speak, to the DVS, which has called up the URL.
- HTML document Hypertext Markup Language
- This document contains Information about the software modules available on the device (ie stored and loadable to the DVS).
- the DVS requires an available software module - eg a JAVA program or a JAVA script - this software module is transferred to the DVS via the TCP / IP network. This process can be triggered automatically or at the instigation of a user.
- a hardware platform-independent language such as JAVA has the advantage that the software module can be used on any DVS that can interpret such software modules.
- the software stored on the device (G) enables a data processing system (DVS) in this data network to change configuration data (KD) of this device as soon as this software is on this data processing system or on this device running.
- this configuration data with the means of basic communication, e.g. be used for downloading the software, not or not simply, e.g. could be changed in a non-device specific way, e.g. because the data format of the configuration data was not known to the DVS or the software already available on the DVS before the download.
- a further particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention provides that the stored software enables a data processing system in this data network to read configuration data of this device as soon as this software on this data processing system or on this device running. If the DVS is completely or partially unknown to the DVS if the current configuration - possibly even the architecture of the device - changing this configuration can in many cases require reading the configuration beforehand.
- the invention is particularly practical for the inventor if the download process is initiated automatically if necessary. If the download times are negligible, the user has a completely transparent way of working, in which he has the impression that he always has the right software available for communication with all devices available on the network and required by him. In any case, this is the case in a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, in which the device has means for determining whether a data processing system in this network, which is in communication with this device, already has a copy (SK) of it Software, and means to transfer a copy of this software to such a data processing system if it does not already have a copy of this software.
- SK copy
- the determination as to whether a data processing system in this network which communicates with this device already has a copy (SK) of this software can be done, for example, using conventional software and hardware means by simply comparing file names.
- the transfer of a copy of the software to the DVS can also be carried out using conventional means known to the person skilled in the art. If we are talking about the transfer of a software within the scope of this description, the transfer is of course always one Copy meant, since it would make little sense to delete the software from the memory of the device.
- a further preferred embodiment of the present invention is particularly advantageous in the field of telecommunications management networks, in which the software stored on the device (G) is a first software module (SB1) specific to this device, which is associated with a software module that is not specific to this device second software module (SB2) running on a data processing system cooperates in such a way that such a data processing system in this network can perform device-specific operations on this device in a device-specific manner as soon as this first software module runs on this data processing system or on this device.
- SB1 software module
- SB2 second software module
- a software module (SB2) which is not specific to a network element and which is used to carry out the entire network management for all network elements, runs on an operation system of a telecommunications management network.
- the software modules (SB1) which are specific for the individual, generally quite different, network elements, on the other hand, are stored on the individual network elements. Through the interaction of both software modules, a network element can be managed directly by the operation system. In the case of a software update, only each manufacturer or provider of a network element has to ensure that the respective network element is always provided with the latest version of the software module (SBl). This ensures that the operating system always works with the current software version.
- the device-specific component runs on a processor of the network element (generally: the device) or on the operation system (generally: on the data processing system that wants to work with the device).
- Which variant is cheaper essentially depends on how intensive the data exchange between the two software modules is. If this is small compared to the transfer of the software module to the DVS, it is generally cheaper to run the device-specific software module on the device itself. If, on the other hand, the data exchange between the software modules is very intensive compared to the transfer of the software module to the DVS, it is generally more economical to first transfer the device-specific software module to the DVS and run it there. In addition, this decision will also be influenced by the cost of a (possibly additional) processor on the device.
- a developer of a network element can thus use the present invention to implement a specific object (for example a service) in a manner that is specific to the network element. If he uses a platform-independent language such as JAVA, this implementation can be run on any DVS that JAVA can interpret.
- a generic application (ie independent of the network element level) then runs on the operation system. In this way, the network administrator can manage a network and not the individual network elements. It is therefore largely independent of the manufacturers of the network elements.
- the Network management software is independent of the manufacturer-specific properties of the network elements. Software modules are loaded into the management level in which they are needed, from a network element or a software server, whenever necessary, through initialization or upgrades.
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