Transmitting aggregated information arising from appnet information

• US 20080071896A1
• Filed: 09/19/2006
• 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 9,306,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• 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

1-56. -56. (canceled)

57. A network subsystem comprising:

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

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

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

58. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

59. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry 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.

60. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry 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.

61. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry for requesting information from the first application.

63. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

64. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core comprises:

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

65. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core comprises:

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

66. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core comprises:

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

67. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

68. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

69. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

70. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry for adding to a data aggregation at least a portion of the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

71. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry for updating a policy for aggregating the information.

72. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry 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.

73. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

74. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

75. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

76. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

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

77. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

78. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

circuitry for applying a common data aggregation policy to the application cluster.

79. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry for establishing an aggregation agent at a third core; and

circuitry for establishing a linkage between the aggregation agent and at least one of the first core or the second core

80. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry for recording one or more system registry values.

81. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

82. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

83. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

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

84. The network subsystem of claim 57 in which the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core comprises:

circuitry for broadcasting at least the portion of the information.

85. The network subsystem of claim 57 further comprising:

one or more antennas operably coupled with the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

86. The network subsystem of claim 57 further comprising:

one or more data storage devices operably coupled with the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

87. The network subsystem of claim 57 further comprising:

one or more user interfaces operably coupled with the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

88. The network subsystem of claim 57 further comprising:

one or more processor cores operably coupled with the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

89. The network subsystem of claim 57 further comprising:

one or more power supplies operably coupled with the circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the information in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

62. (canceled)

90. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing at least one of one or more instructions for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core;

one or more instructions for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core; and

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

91-117. -117. (canceled)

118. A network subsystem comprising:

a signaling module for signaling an application relating with a first core and with a second core;

an aggregation module for aggregating information in response to data received after the signaling module signals the application relating with the first core and with the second core; and

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