Method for interacting with infrastructure devices via instant messaging

US7831675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• International Business Machines Corporation · US
• Institute for Information Technology Advancement · KR

Inventors

• Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami · Wilton, US
• Danny Soroker · Larchmont, US
• Young Sang Paik · Seoul, KR
• Herbert Scott McFaddin · Yorktown Heights, US
• Francois Huaulme · New York, US
• Sean S. Lee · Potomac, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for interacting with and controlling infrastructure devices within an IM environment. The method comprises registering at least one infrastructure device at an IM server, registering at least one computing device at the IM server, and delivering one or more of infrastructure device characteristics, status information, and service information from a registered infrastructure device to the IM server, wherein the IM server is configured to publish and update the infrastructure device characteristics, status information, and service information from the at least one registered infrastructure device to registered computing devices. The method also comprises maintaining and displaying a contact list at an IM client application executing at a registered computing device, wherein the contact listing is populated with a listing of registered infrastructure devices and the infrastructure device characteristics, status information, and service information that is associated with the infrastructure device.