Granular management of network resources
First Claim
1. A method of managing a telecommunications network, comprising:
- associating a network device resource corresponding to a network device with a reference;
generating a network device data request including the reference; and
retrieving network device data corresponding to the network device resource in accordance with the reference.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for granular management of network resources by accessing network device resources through associated references. In one embodiment, the references are group names, and one or more resources (i.e., a resource collection) within each network device in a telecommunications network may be linked with one or more group names. Group names (or other types of references) may then be used to limit a user'"'"'s access to particular network device resources. That is, a user may only have access to those resources associated with group names to which the user has access. Over time, network device resources may be associated or disassociated with particular group names. As a result, group names provide users with dynamic access to network device resources. In one embodiment, the groups to which a user has access are defined within a user profile associated with the user. Grouping network device resources, therefore, allows for a granular view of each network device in the network by limiting a user'"'"'s access to those resources corresponding to group names listed in their user profile. As one example, grouping may allow for customer network management—that is a customer'"'"'s view is limited to only those network device resources for which they have subscribed.
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44 Claims
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1. A method of managing a telecommunications network, comprising:
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associating a network device resource corresponding to a network device with a reference;
generating a network device data request including the reference; and
retrieving network device data corresponding to the network device resource in accordance with the reference. - 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 managing a telecommunications network, comprising:
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storing a reference in a first data repository, wherein the reference is associated with a network device in the telecommunications network;
storing the reference in a second data repository, wherein the second data repository stores network device data corresponding to the network device and wherein the reference is associated with network device data corresponding to one or more network device resources;
detecting a request from a user for data corresponding to the network device;
generating a data access request to the second data repository using the reference from the first data repository; and
retrieving network device data associated with the reference from the second data repository. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of managing a telecommunications network, comprising:
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storing a group name in a first database;
storing the group name in a second database;
detecting a request from a user for data corresponding to a network device in the telecommunications network;
generating a data access request to the second database using the group name from the first database;
retrieving data from the second database associated with the group name in response to the user request; and
displaying the data in a user interface.
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