Transmitting aggregated information arising from appnet information

• US 20080071871A1
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,055,797 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/50 Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core, and for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core, transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core, or signaling via a third core a partial service configuration change at least in the first core in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core;

aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core; and

transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

2. The method of claim 1 in which aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

implementing at least one aggregation policy obtained from the received data.

3. The method of claim 1 in which aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

requesting information from the first application.

4. The method of claim 1 in which transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

transmitting the portion of the aggregated information in response to a roughly contemporaneous selection-indicative signal.

5. The method of claim 1 in which signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core comprises:

signaling via a control an option to include the first application.

6. The method of claim 1 in which aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

adding one or more error records to a data aggregation.

7. The method of claim 1 in which aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

updating a policy for aggregating the information.

8. The method of claim 1 in which transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

associating a dissemination policy with at least the first application; and

transmitting at least the portion of the aggregated information according to the dissemination policy.

9. The method of claim 1 in which aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

signaling an application cluster relating with the first core and with the second core, the application cluster including at least the first application; and

applying a common data aggregation policy to the application cluster.

10. The method of claim 1 in which transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

including at least a time-indicative event indicator within the portion of the aggregated information.

11. A first method comprising:

performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions relating to a second method including;

signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core;

aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core; and

transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

12. The first method of claim 11 in which performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions relating to a second method comprises:

performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions relating to the aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

13. The first method of claim 11 in which performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions relating to a second method comprises:

performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions relating to the transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

14. A network subsystem comprising:

means for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core;

means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core; and

means for transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

15. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for implementing at least one aggregation policy obtained from the received data.

16. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for receiving an indication of activity in the first application as the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

17. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for receiving a selection of the first application as the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

18. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for requesting information from the first application.

19. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core comprises:

means for sending a message to the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

20. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core comprises:

means for identifying a portion of the first application at the first core.

21. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core comprises:

means for signaling via a control an option to include the first application.

22. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for adding one or more policy selections to a data aggregation.

23. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for adding one or more error records to a data aggregation.

24. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for adding one or more connectivity indicators to a data aggregation.

25. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for updating a policy for aggregating the information.

26. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for including at least in a data aggregation a service configuration change indicator and at least one of an error record, a timestamp, or a network address.

27. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for including at least one or more object handles in a data aggregation.

28. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for adding one or more search terms to a data aggregation.

29. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for associating a dissemination policy at least with the first application and with a recipient identifier.

30. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for transmitting the portion of the aggregated information in response to an authority-indicative request message.

31. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for recording one or more system registry values.

32. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for including at least a link-layer protocol indicator within the portion of the aggregated information.

33. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for including at least a time-indicative event indicator within the portion of the aggregated information.

34. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for selecting the portion of the aggregated information in response to receiving a selection policy.

35. The network subsystem of claim 14 in which the means for transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

means for broadcasting at least the portion of the aggregated information.