Systems and methods for providing differentiated service in information management environments
First Claim
1. A system capable of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said system comprising at least one of:
- an information management system capable of providing session-aware differentiated service;
or an information management system capable of providing differentiated service and comprising a deterministic system architecture;
or an information management system capable of providing differentiated service at a network endpoint of said network;
or a combination thereof.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing differentiated service that may be employed, for example, to deliver content or services in a network environment. Differentiated services that may be so delivered include both differentiated information service that may be implemented, for example, at the system and/or processing level, as well as differentiated business service that may be implemented, for example, to differentiate information exchange between different network entities such as different network provider entities, different network user entities, etc. The methods and systems may include or facilitate provisioning of system service parameters such as service level agreement (“SLA”) policies and may be employed in network computing system environments to enable differentiated service provisioning, for example, in accordance with business objectives.
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164 Claims
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1. A system capable of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said system comprising at least one of:
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an information management system capable of providing session-aware differentiated service;
oran information management system capable of providing differentiated service and comprising a deterministic system architecture;
oran information management system capable of providing differentiated service at a network endpoint of said network;
ora combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said method comprising:
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providing session-aware differentiated service using at least one information management system;
orproviding differentiated service using an information management system that comprises a deterministic system architecture;
orproviding differentiated service at a network endpoint of said network using an information management system;
ora combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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39. A method of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said method comprising providing said differentiated service from a network endpoint information management system.
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47. A method of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said method comprising providing said differentiated service from an information management data center node coupled to said network.
- 55. A method of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said method comprising providing session-aware differentiated service from an intermediate traffic management node coupled to said network.
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67. A method of providing differentiated service in a network environment, said method comprising providing session-aware differentiated service from an edge information management node coupled to said network.
- 80. A method of providing differentiated service to a network core, comprising providing session-aware differentiated service using at least one information management node.
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92. A method of managing information in a network connectable information management system, comprising at least one of:
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manipulating information in a differentiated manner based at least in part on a status of at least one parameter associated with a request received from a network for said information manipulation;
ormonitoring resource usage within said system in a differentiated manner;
ora combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164)
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113. The method of 110, wherein the status of said at least one parameter associated with said request is indicative of a relative priority of said request;
- wherein said plurality of processing engines are interconnected in a distributed manner that supports prioritized I/O operations; and
wherein said assigning comprises prioritizing the assignment of one or more tasks to one or more of said processing engines based on the relative priority of said status of said at least one parameter so that information traffic associated with requests having higher relative priority continues to flow relative to information traffic associated with requests having lower relative priority in times during which said interconnection between said processing engines is congested.
- wherein said plurality of processing engines are interconnected in a distributed manner that supports prioritized I/O operations; and
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124. A system for providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising a deterministic system architecture, said system being capable of providing differentiated service.
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127. The system of 126, wherein said processing engines are assigned separate information manipulation tasks in an asymmetrical multi-processor configuration.
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128. The system of 127, wherein said deterministic system architecture further comprises deterministic system software in communication with said operating system and having state knowledge of resource utilization within said architecture, said deterministic system software being capable of deterministically controlling interaction between said distributively interconnected processing engines in response to communication received from said operating system.
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150. A method of providing differentiated service in an information management environment, comprising providing said differentiated service using at least one information management system that comprises a deterministic system architecture.
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