Abstract: An otoscope apparatus having an objective lens configured to focus light from an object, a field lens positioned parallel to the objective lens along an optical axis, a first aperture and a second aperture positioned, respectively, at a distal end and a proximal end of the objective lens, and a third aperture positioned at a distal end of the field lens. The otoscope apparatus is adapted to be releasably attached to a camera of a smart device. The otoscope apparatus may capture a picture or video of the outer ear, the middle ear, and/or the ear canal of a patient utilizing the camera of the smart device. Such a picture or video of the outer ear, the middle ear, and/or the ear canal may be sent to a remote healthcare professional for diagnosis of an ear infection.

Abstract: A device for attaching an optical element, such as an otoscope, to a smart phone for diagnosing and/or identifying problems of an outer ear, a middle ear, and/or an ear canal of a patient. The device may comprise a main body. The main body may comprise an aperture and a first engagement member configured to engage with a second engagement structure that belongs to the optical element. A first surface may be connected to the main body and configured may be to contact a first smart phone surface. A piston may be provided that may comprises a second surface that may be parallel to the first surface and may be configured to contact a second smart phone surface. A threaded knob may be provided and may be connected to the piston through the aperture.

Abstract: A command line interface for a data processing system includes an output facility that displays outputs to an operator, a parser that validates inputs entered a command line, a command processor that processes commands validated by the parser. The command line interface preferably supports a prompt mode in which the output facility displays an editable prompt that may be modified by the user to construct a command. In addition, the parser preferably defines separate validation and execution point inputs including at least one validation-only point input, so that inputs are permitted to span multiple input lines and so that atomic sets of commands can be constructed by entering multiple commands on a single input line.

Abstract: A command line interface for a network management platform includes a parser that parses and validates inputs entered at a command line, a command processor that, responsive to validation of a command, causes an operation specified by the command to be performed, and an output facility that presents outputs of the command line interface. The parser preferably enforces a syntax addressing a plurality of attributes of a network device as a tree-like hierarchy including at least two containers. The parser permits network device attributes, which are each contained in at least one container, to be contained by multiple containers of the same type so that such attributes are addressable via a plurality of different access paths. The output facility preferably provides one or more outputs for operations specified by processed input commands, and the one or more outputs preferably include at least one output command specifying a network management operation to be performed.

Abstract: A method and system for securing confidential data in a computer network, wherein the computer network includes a management information database that assists in the management of the computer network. Initially, confidential data are identified within the management information database. Next, particular data objects are associated with the identified confidential data. Thereafter, the identified confidential data are accessed from the management information database. Finally each particular data object and its associated confidential data are automatically converted into a secure data object, in response to accessing the confidential data from the management information database, such that the confidential data may only be understood or altered external to the management information database by converting the secure data object back into the particular data objects and the associated confidential data.