Dynamic system control via messaging in a network management system

Claim 2

A network system comprising: a network media for connection to a network device, the network media for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats; a message router coupled to the network media for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format; a message repository coupled to the message router for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processor coupled to the message router for receiving a message in the common message format, the application processor for executing an executable supervisory program that manages resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory program including: a routine that tracks actions performed by the supervised application and resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; a routine that tags by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that even irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine that activates and deactivates resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application, based on the filtered message to the supervised application.

Claim 3

A network system according to claim 1, further comprising: a data compressor coupled to the message router that compresses data from the message router and conserves storage resources in the message repository.

Claim 4

A network system according to claim 1, wherein: the application processor is a power management application processor for executing an executable supervisory program including: a routine that monitors messages communicated in a computer system; a routine that analyzes the messages to determine which subsystems within the computer system are idle during execution of previously scheduled operations; and a routine that deactivates idle subsystems within the computer system.

Claim 5

A network system according to claim 1, wherein: the application processor is a power management application processor for executing a power management application executable supervisory program including: a routine that monitors messages communicated in a network including power event messages; a routine that interrogates and analyzes a power state of devices; a routine that analyzes the power state of the devices and the power event messages; a routine that selects a new power state for the devices in response to the analysis of the power state of the devices and the received power event; and a routine that activates and deactivates selected subsystems within the interface based on the analysis.

Claim 6

A network system according to claim 1, wherein: the application processor is a supervisory application processor for executing a supervisory application executable program including: a routine that reads data from the message repository; a routine that analyzes the message repository to determine operations that are currently executing and resources that are used by the executing operations; and a routine that controls execution of the currently executing programs based on the analysis of the message repository.

Claim 7

A network system according to claim 1, wherein: the message router includes a processor for executing an executable code that converts the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format that is a simple network management protocol (SNMP) format.

Claim 8

A network system according to claim 1, wherein: the message router includes a processor for executing an executable code that converts the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format that is a user-defined format.

Claim 9

A network system according to claim 1, wherein: the message router further includes: a processor; a message scanner coupled to the processor; a routing program executable on the processor and including: a routine that receives a message from the message scanner; a routine that converts the message to the common message format; and a routine that analyzes the message.

Claim 10

A computer program product for executing in a network system including a network media for connection to a network device and for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats, a message router coupled to the network media for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format, a message repository coupled to the message router for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processor coupled to the message router for receiving a message in the common message format, the computer program product comprising: computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including a power management application executable supervisory program that is executable on the application processor and manages resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory program including: a routine that tracks actions performed by the supervised application and resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; a routine that monitors messages communicated in a network including power event messages; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; a routine that interrogates and analyzes a power state of devices; a routine that analyzes the power state of the devices and the power event messages; a routine that selects a new power state for the devices in response to the analysis of the power state of the devices and the received power event, based on filtered message to the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates selected subsystems within the interface based on the analysis.

Claim 11

A computer program product for executing in a network system including a network media for connection to a network device and for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats, a message router coupled to the network media for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format, a message repository coupled to the message router for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processor coupled to the message router for receiving a message in the common message format, the computer program product comprising: computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including a power management application executable supervisory program that is executable on the application processor and manages resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory program including: a routine that tracks actions performed by the supervised application and resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; a routine that monitors messages communicated in a network including power event messages; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; a routine that interrogates and analyzes a power state of devices; a routine that analyzes the power state of the devices and the power event messages; a routine that selects a new power state for the devices in response to the analysis of the power state of the devices and the received power event, based on filtered message to the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates selected subsystems within the interface based on the analysis.

Claim 12

A network system according to claim 9, wherein: the application processor is a docking control application processor for executing a docking control application executable program including: a routine that receives a message requesting undocking of a computer system connected to the network; a routine that terminates currently executing network programs and closes open network files in response to the message requesting undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically undocked; a routine that transparently executes network programs locally in the computer system connected to the network and emulates network transactions in response to the detection of the physical undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically docked; and a routine that re-establishes network program connections and restores network files from local files in the computer system connected to the network in response to the detection that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked.

Claim 13

A computer program product for executing in a network system including a network media for connection to a network device and for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats, a message router coupled to the network media for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format, a message repository coupled to the message router for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processor coupled to the message router for receiving a message in the common message format, the computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including a power management application executable supervisory program that is executable on the application processor and manages resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory program including: a routine that tracks actions performed by the supervised application and resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; a routine that receives a message requesting undocking of a computer system connected to the network; a routine that terminates currently executing network programs and closes open network files in response to the message requesting undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically undocked; a routine that transparently executes network programs locally in the computer system connected to the network and emulates network transactions in response to the detection of the physical undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically docked; and a routine that re-establishes network program connections and restores network files from local files in the computer system connected to the network in response to the detection that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked.

Claim 14

A computer program product for executing in a network system including a network media for connection to a network device and for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats, a message router coupled to the network media for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format, a message repository coupled to the message router for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processor coupled to the message router for receiving a message in the common message format, the computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including a power management application executable supervisory program that is executable on the application processor and manages resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory program including: a routine that tracks actions performed by the supervised application and resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; a routine that receives a message requesting undocking of a computer system connected to the network; a routine that terminates currently executing network programs and closes open network files in response to the message requesting undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically undocked; a routine that transparently executes network programs locally in the computer system connected to the network and emulates network transactions in response to the detection of the physical undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically docked; and a routine that re-establishes network program connections and restores network files from local files in the computer system connected to the network in response to the detection that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked.

Claim 15

A computer program product for executing in a network system including a network media for connection to a network device and for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats, a message router coupled to the network media for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format, a message repository coupled to the message router for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processor coupled to the message router for receiving a message in the common message format, the computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including a power management application executable supervisory program that is executable on the application processor and manages resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory program including: a routine that tracks actions performed by the supervised application and resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; a routine that reads data from the message repository; a routine that analyzes the message repository to determine operations that are currently executing and resources that are used by the executing operations; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that evens irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine that controls execution of the currently executing programs based on the analysis of the filtered messages in the message repository.

Claim 16

A computer program product for executing in a network system including a network media for connection to a network device and for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats, a message router coupled to the network media for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format, a message repository coupled to the message router for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processor coupled to the message router for receiving a message in the common message format, the computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including a power management application executable supervisory program that is executable on the application processor and manages resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory program including: a routine that tracks actions performed by the supervised application and resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and a routine that activates and deactivates resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; a routine that reads data from the message repository; a routine that analyzes the message repository to determine operations that are currently executing and resources that are used by the executing operations; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that evens irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine that controls execution of the currently executing programs based on the analysis of the filtered messages in the message repository.

Claim 17

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router comprising: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor based on the filter messages including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 18

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router comprising: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor based on the filter messages including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 19

A message router according to claim 13, further comprising: a storage for storing the message in the common message format; and a routine that compresses data to conserve storage resources in the data repository.

Claim 20

A message router according to claim 13, further comprising: a processor; a message scanner coupled to the processor; a program code executable on the processor and including: a routine that receives a message from the message scanner; a routine that converts the message to the common message format; and a routine that analyzes the message.

Claim 21

A message router according to claim 15, further comprising: a data repository for storing the message in the common message format; and a data compressor coupled to the processor for compressing data to conserve storage resources in the data repository.

Claim 22

A message router according to claim 16, wherein: the data compressor is the processor and a data compressor routine that is executable on the processor.

Claim 23

A message router according to claim 17, wherein: the the data compressor routine further includes: a routine operative in conjunction with the converting routine that tags events by type.

Claim 24

A message router according to claim 18, wherein: the program code executable on the processor for includes: a routine operative in conjunction with the analyzing routine for filtering tagged events by type to filter out events irrelevant to an application.

Claim 25

A message router according to claim 13, wherein: the program code executable on the processor further includes: a routine that monitors messages communicated in a network including power event messages; a routine that interrogates and analyzes a power state of devices; a routine that analyzes the power state of the devices and the power event messages; a routine that selects a new power state for the devices in response to the analysis of the power state of the devices and the received power event; and a routine that activates and deactivates selected subsystems within the interface based on the analysis.

Claim 26

A message router according to claim 13, wherein: the program executable on the application processor further includes: a routine that receives a message requesting undocking of a computer system connected to the network; a routine that terminates currently executing network programs and closes open network files in response to the message requesting undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically undocked; a routine that transparently executes network programs locally in the computer system connected to the network and emulates network transactions in response to the detection of the physical undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically docked; and a routine that re-establishes network program connections and restores network files from local files in the computer system connected to the network in response to the detection that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked.

Claim 27

A message router according to claim 13, wherein: the program executable on the application processor further includes: a routine that reads data from the message repository; a routine that analyzes the message repository to determine operations that are currently executing and resources that are used by the executing operations; and a routine that controls execution of the currently executing programs based on the analysis of the message repository.

Claim 28

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor based on the filtered messages including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 29

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor based on the filtered messages including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 30

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a programmable routine that routes messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine that tags messages by message type: a routine that filterstagged messages be type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor based on the filtered messages including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 31

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a programmable routine that routes messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine that tags messages by message type: a routine that filterstagged messages be type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor based on the filtered messages including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 32

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a programmable routine that routes messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources; a routine that receives a message requesting undocking of a computer system connected to the network; a routine that terminates currently executing network programs and closes open network files in response to the message requesting undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically undocked; a routine that transparently executes network programs locally in the computer system connected to the network and emulates network transactions in response to the detection of the physical undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically docked; and a routine that re-establishes network program connections and restores network files from local files in the computer system connected to the network in response to the detection that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked.

Claim 33

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a programmable routine that routes messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources; a routine that receives a message requesting undocking of a computer system connected to the network; a routine that terminates currently executing network programs and closes open network files in response to the message requesting undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically undocked; a routine that transparently executes network programs locally in the computer system connected to the network and emulates network transactions in response to the detection of the physical undocking of the computer system connected to the network; a routine that detects whether the computer system connected to the network is physically docked; and a routine that re-establishes network program connections and restores network files from local files in the computer system connected to the network in response to the detection that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked.

Claim 34

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a programmable routine that routes messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources; a routine that reads data from the message repository; a routine that analyzes the message repository to determine operations that are currently executing and resources that are used by the executing operations; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine that controls execution of the currently executing programs based on the analysis of the message repository.

Claim 35

A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including: a programmable routine that routes messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router including: a routine that receives a message from the network device; a routine operative in conjunction with the message receiving routine that converts the message to the common message format; a routine operative in conjunction with the message converting routine that analyzes the message including determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; a routine operative in conjunction with the message analyzing routine that controls the application processor including invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources; a routine that reads data from the message repository; a routine that analyzes the message repository to determine operations that are currently executing and resources that are used by the executing operations; a routine that tags messages by message type; a routine that filters tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and a routine that controls execution of the currently executing programs based on the analysis of the message repository.

Claim 38

A method according to claim 27, further comprising: tagging event by a type message field within the common message format.

Claim 39

A method according to claim 28, further comprising: filtering events using the event tags; determining a filtering event classification to filter out events irrelevant to an application.

Claim 40

A method according to claim 27, further comprising: storing the message in the common message format; and compressing data coupled to the storage to conserve storage resources in the data repository.

Claim 41

A method according to claim 27, further comprising: monitoring messages communicated in a network including power event messages; interrogating and analyzing a power state of devices; analyzing the power state of the devices and the power event messages; selecting a new power state for the devices in response to the analysis of the power state of the devices and the received power event; and activating and deactivating selected subsystems within the interface based on the analysis.

Claim 42

A method according to claim 27, further comprising: receiving a message requesting undocking of a computer system connected to the network; terminating executing network programs and closing open network files in response to the message requesting undocking of the computer system connected to the network; detecting that the computer system connected to the network is physically undocked; transparently executing network programs locally in the computer system connected to the network and emulating network transactions in response to the detection of the physical undocking of the computer system connected to the network; detecting that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked; and re-establishing network program connections and restoring network files from local files in the computer system connected to the network in response to the detection that the computer system connected to the network is physically docked.

Claim 43

A method according to claim 27, further comprising: reading data from the message repository; analyzing the message repository to determine operations that are currently executing and resources that are used by the executing operations; and controlling execution of the currently executing programs based on the analysis of the message repository.

Claim 46

A network system comprising: means for connecting to a network device; means coupled to the connecting means for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats; means coupled to the connecting means for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format; means coupled to the receiving and converting means for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processing means coupled to the storing means for executing a supervisory means for managing resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory means including: means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages be type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; means for tracking actions performed by the supervised application and for tracking resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and means for activating and deactivating resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application and according to the filtered messages to the supervised application.

Claim 47

A network system comprising: means for connecting to a network device; means coupled to the connecting means for transmitting messages in a plurality of message formats; means coupled to the connecting means for receiving messages in the plurality of message formats and converting the messages in a plurality of formats into a common message format; means coupled to the receiving and converting means for storing the message in the common message format; and an application processing means coupled to the storing means for executing a supervisory means for managing resource allocation during execution of a supervised application, the supervisory means including: means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages be type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; means for tracking actions performed by the supervised application and for tracking resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application; and means for activating and deactivating resources respectively according to the tracked resource utilization and nonutilization by the supervised application and according to the filtered messages to the supervised application.

Claim 48

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router comprising: means for receiving a message from the network device; means operative in conjunction with the message receiving means for converting the message to the common message format; means operative in conjunction with the message converting means for analyzing the message including: means for determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and means operative in conjunction with the message analyzing means for controlling the application processor based on the filtered messages including: means for invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 49

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the message router comprising: means for receiving a message from the network device; means operative in conjunction with the message receiving means for converting the message to the common message format; means operative in conjunction with the message converting means for analyzing the message including: means for determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; and means operative in conjunction with the message analyzing means for controlling the application processor based on the filtered messages including: means for invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 50

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor comprising: means for converting messages to a common format; means for storing the common format messages in a storage; means for accessing the storage to retrieve the common format messages; means for analyzing applications executing in the system on the basis of the common format messages in the storage including: means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; means for determining actions performed and resources utilized and non-utilized by the applications; and means for controlling the operation of the applications based on analysis of the filtered common format messages in the storage including: means for involving actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 51

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor comprising: means for converting messages to a common format; means for storing the common format messages in a storage; means for accessing the storage to retrieve the common format messages; means for analyzing applications executing in the system on the basis of the common format messages in the storage including: means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to the supervised application are filtered; means for determining actions performed and resources utilized and non-utilized by the applications; and means for controlling the operation of the applications based on analysis of the filtered common format messages in the storage including: means for involving actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 52

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the method comprising: means for receiving a message from the network device; means for converting the received message to the common message format; means for analyzing the converted message including: means for determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to a supervised application are filtered; and means for controlling the application processor based on the analysis of the filtered, converted message including: means for invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.

Claim 53

A message router for routing messages in a plurality of message formats from a network device to an application processor, the method comprising: means for receiving a message from the network device; means for converting the received message to the common message format; means for analyzing the converted message including: means for determining actions performed and resources utilized and nonutilized in response to receipt of the message; means for tagging messages by message type; means for filtering tagged messages by type so that events irrelevant to a supervised application are filtered; and means for controlling the application processor based on the analysis of the filtered, converted message including: means for invoking actions and deactivating non-utilized resources.