System and method for metadata enhanced inventory management of a communications system
First Claim
1. A method for management entity operations, the method comprising:
- parsing, by a management entity, a request to collect data about a communications system for an entity in the communications system, the parsing to produce a parsed request and dependency information related to the request;
generating, by the management entity, sets of model elements in accordance with context tokens and content tokens derived from the parsed request, the content tokens including extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata of the parsed request, the generating the sets of model elements comprising;
evaluating content of the request to collect the data to produce links between the context tokens and the content tokens; and
mapping the links into a model element graph;
analyzing context metadata tokens and content metadata tokens in accordance with the dependency information;
analyzing the model element graph in accordance with the dependency information;
modifying the model element graph for each combination of dependency and dependency type in the dependency information;
generating, by the management entity, a platform-neutral description of results of the request from the model element graph derived from the sets of model elements, the platform-neutral description being independent of a protocol used by the management entity to collect the data about the communications system;
executing, by the management entity, the request to collect the data as requested in accordance with the platform-neutral description; and
storing, by the management entity, the data as collected.
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Abstract
A method for management entity operations includes parsing a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system, the parsing to produce a parsed request and dependency information related to the request, and generating sets of model elements in accordance with context tokens and content tokens derived from the parsed request, the content tokens including extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata of the parsed request. The method also includes generating a platform-neutral description of results of the request from an optimized graph derived from the sets of model elements, executing the request to collect the data as requested, and storing the data as collected.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for management entity operations, the method comprising:
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parsing, by a management entity, a request to collect data about a communications system for an entity in the communications system, the parsing to produce a parsed request and dependency information related to the request; generating, by the management entity, sets of model elements in accordance with context tokens and content tokens derived from the parsed request, the content tokens including extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata of the parsed request, the generating the sets of model elements comprising; evaluating content of the request to collect the data to produce links between the context tokens and the content tokens; and mapping the links into a model element graph; analyzing context metadata tokens and content metadata tokens in accordance with the dependency information; analyzing the model element graph in accordance with the dependency information; modifying the model element graph for each combination of dependency and dependency type in the dependency information; generating, by the management entity, a platform-neutral description of results of the request from the model element graph derived from the sets of model elements, the platform-neutral description being independent of a protocol used by the management entity to collect the data about the communications system; executing, by the management entity, the request to collect the data as requested in accordance with the platform-neutral description; and storing, by the management entity, the data as collected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A management entity comprising:
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a memory comprising instructions; and a processor in communication with the memory wherein the processor executes the instructions to; parse a request to collect data about a communications system for an entity in the communications system, the parsing to produce a parsed request and dependency information, generate sets of model elements in accordance with context tokens and content tokens derived from the parsed request, the content tokens including extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata of the parsed request, wherein the processor executing the instructions to generate the sets of model elements comprises the processor executing the instructions to; evaluate content of the request to collect the data to produce links between context tokens and the content tokens, and map the links into a model element graph, analyze context metadata tokens and content metadata tokens in accordance with the dependency information, analyze the model element graph in accordance with the dependency information, modify the model element graph for each dependency and dependency type in the dependency information, generate a platform-neutral description of results of the request from the model element graph derived from the sets of model elements, the platform-neutral description being independent of a protocol used by the management entity to collect the data about the communications system, and execute the request to collect the data as requested in accordance with the platform-neutral description; and store the data as collected in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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30. A management environment comprising:
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a communications system being managed; a memory storing instructions and data; and a processor in communication with memory wherein the processor executes the instructions to; parse a request to collect data about the communications system for an entity in the communications system, the parsing to produce a parsed request and dependency information, generate sets of model elements in accordance with context tokens and content tokens derived from the parsed request, the content tokens including extrinsic metadata and intrinsic metadata of the parsed request, wherein the processor executing the instructions to generate the sets of model elements comprises the processor executing the instructions to; evaluate content of the request to collect the data to produce links between context tokens and the content tokens, and map the links into a model element graph, analyze context metadata tokens and content metadata tokens in accordance with the dependency information, analyze the model element graph in accordance with the dependency information, modify the model element graph for each dependency and dependency type in the dependency information, generate a platform-neutral description of results of the request from the model element graph derived from the sets of model elements, the platform-neutral description being independent of a protocol used by the processor to collect the data about the communications system, and execute the request to collect the data as requested; and store the data as collected in the memory.
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