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. |
申请人 |
MOTIVE, INCORPORATED;PELLEY, EDWARD, S.;PALKOT, THOMAS, A.;TACKER, BRYAN, P. |
发明人 |
PELLEY, EDWARD, S.;PALKOT, THOMAS, A.;TACKER, BRYAN, P. |