11. A computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions for execution on a computer system, which when executed by the computer system, causes the computer system to extract status information from within a script of a web page stored on a monitored device communicatively coupled to a network using an HTTP communication protocol, comprising: instructions for obtaining, based on vendor and model information, an identification of the web page and at least one parameter string used to extract the status information from within the script of the web page; instructions for accessing the web page using the identification of the web page and the HTTP protocol to obtain a line of the web page within the script; instructions for parsing the obtained line of the web page to determine if a parameter string of the at least one parameter string is located within the obtained line; instructions for causing the repeated execution of the instructions for accessing and the instructions for parsing until the parameter string is located, if the instructions for parsing determines that the parameter string is not located within the obtained line; instructions for determining whether all parameter strings in the at least one parameter string have been located, if the instructions for parsing determines that the parameter string is located within the obtained line; instructions for causing the repeated execution of the instructions for accessing, the instructions for parsing, the instructions for causing, and the instructions for determining until all parameter strings in the at least one parameter string have been located, if the instructions for determining determines that all parameter strings in the at least one parameter string have not been located; and instructions for extracting the status information from the web page based on the location of a last located parameter string, if the instructions for determining determines that all parameter strings have been located within the script.
11. A computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions for execution on a computer system, which when executed by the computer system, causes the computer system to extract status information from within a script of a web page stored on a monitored device communicatively coupled to a network using an HTTP communication protocol, comprising: instructions for obtaining, based on vendor and model information, an identification of the web page and at least one parameter string used to extract the status information from within the script of the web page; instructions for accessing the web page using the identification of the web page and the HTTP protocol to obtain a line of the web page within the script; instructions for parsing the obtained line of the web page to determine if a parameter string of the at least one parameter string is located within the obtained line; instructions for causing the repeated execution of the instructions for accessing and the instructions for parsing until the parameter string is located, if the instructions for parsing determines that the parameter string is not located within the obtained line; instructions for determining whether all parameter strings in the at least one parameter string have been located, if the instructions for parsing determines that the parameter string is located within the obtained line; instructions for causing the repeated execution of the instructions for accessing, the instructions for parsing, the instructions for causing, and the instructions for determining until all parameter strings in the at least one parameter string have been located, if the instructions for determining determines that all parameter strings in the at least one parameter string have not been located; and instructions for extracting the status information from the web page based on the location of a last located parameter string, if the instructions for determining determines that all parameter strings have been located within the script. 15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for accessing comprise: instructions for accessing an HTML file stored on the monitored device to obtain a line of the HTML file within a JAVA script.