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MICROCOMPUTER CONTROLLED INTERFACE HARDWARE, WITH OPERATING SOFTWARE AND CUSTOMER PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC, CAPABLE OF PERFORMING AS A SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP) PROXY AGENT FOR PROPRIETARY IN-HOUSE TELEPHONE SWITCHING SYSTEMS SOLD TO OTHERS, WHICH INTERROGATES NON-SNMP COMPLIANT MAINTENANCE PORTS ON THE SWITCHING SYSTEM, TRANSLATES PROPRIETARY FAULT MESSAGES TO SNMP MESSAGES AND REPORTS THEM TO AN IP-BASED NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM