| CPC H04L 63/1425 (2013.01) | 22 Claims |
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a set of one or more processors, are configurable to cause said set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
establishing a connection with a management service in accordance with a linear chain protocol, the linear chain protocol to operate, at least in part, based on a linear chain comprising a plurality of managed endpoint devices, the linear chain to collectively process requests from the management service by aggregating data using interconnections between the plurality of managed endpoint devices;
receiving endpoint data for an unmanageable endpoint device, the unmanageable endpoint device incapable of directly participating in the management protocol;
receiving, from the linear chain, a linear chain request via the management protocol for the unmanageable endpoint device;
determining a response to the linear chain request using the endpoint data; and
sending, to the linear chain, via the management protocol, the response using a virtual representation of the unmanageable endpoint device, wherein using the virtual representation comprises mimicking participation by the unmanageable endpoint device in the linear chain.
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