Creating and Using Remote Device Management Attribute Rule Data Store

摘要

Some embodiments provide novel methods for processing remote-device data messages in a network based on data-message attributes from a remote device management (RDM) system. For instance, the method of some embodiments identifies a set of RDM attributes associated with a data message, and then performs one or more service operations based on identified RDM attribute set.

主权项

1. A method of processing rules at a network element, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of rules each comprising a rule identifier defined by reference to a set of remote device management (RDM) attribute; for a plurality of RDM attributes specified by a plurality of rule identifiers of the plurality of rules, generating an index structure that identifies the rules that are associated with the plurality RDM attributes; using the index structure to identify a set of rules that potentially match a data message received by the network element; and comparing an RDM attribute set associated with the received message with the RDM attribute set of at least one rule in the identified rule set to determine whether the rule matches the message and hence should be used to process the message.