US Patent:
20090150513, Jun 11, 2009
Inventors:
James Hilving - McKinney TX, US
Traci Ann Fairchild - Thomaston CT, US
Assignee:
AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, LP - Reno NV
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
Abstract:
A system comprises a portal which, for each of a plurality of requests for network data from a plurality of parties, is to: determine which server of a plurality of servers is responsible for gathering data from a network element that has the network data being requested, send a data-gathering task to the server, receive the network data gathered from the network element by the server, and provide the network data to its requesting party.