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Asset management via virtual tunnels

US9104993B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 2012
Grant dateAug 11, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/029
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An asset management system is presented. The management system includes monitoring devices able to provide asset data across firewalls without requiring reconfiguration of the firewalls. The asset data pass through a forwarding service that instantiates a virtual tunnel comprising a communication channel between the monitoring devices and remote asset management engines. The asset management engines can also be located behind firewalls. As the management engines aggregate asset data, the engines can present one or more alerts via a management interface.

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