发明名称 |
Service management system and method of executing a policy |
摘要 |
A service management system and a method of executing a policy. In one embodiment, the service management system includes: (1) a repository configured to contain device, system, subscriber and service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of systems and devices that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof and (2) a policy engine coupled to the repository and configured to employ the repository to identify end points relevant to a policy, identify services in which any of the end points play a role, identify subscribers having an identified device of the end points and a subscription to an identified service and cause the policy to be executed with respect to identified devices of identified subscribers and identified systems. |
申请公布号 |
US8850598(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.09.30 |
申请号 |
US200812276262 |
申请日期 |
2008.11.21 |
申请人 |
Alcatel Lucent |
发明人 |
Pelley Edward S.;Palkot Thomas A.;Tacker Bryan P. |
分类号 |
G06F21/00;G06F7/04;G06F17/30;H04N7/16;G06Q10/06;H04L29/08;H04L12/24 |
主分类号 |
G06F21/00 |
代理机构 |
Hitt Gaines, PC |
代理人 |
Hitt Gaines, PC |
主权项 |
1. A service management system, comprising:
a nontransitory storage medium having a repository configured to contain end points, subscriber and service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of said end points that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof; and a computing device configured to implement a policy engine that is coupled to said repository and configured to employ said repository to identify end points relevant to a policy, identify services in which any of identified end points play a role, identify subscribers having both at least one of said identified end points and a subscription to at least one of identified services, search for end points of identified subscribers having a key/value pair that has a characteristic that said policy regards and cause said policy to be executed with respect to searched end points. |
地址 |
Boulogne-Billancourt FR |