METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF POLICY CONFLICT IN A POLICY CONTINUUM
First Claim
1. A method for manipulation of two sets of policies, each set comprising at least two related policies, and wherein each policy comprises a set of policy rules, the method comprising:
- identifying a possible conflict between a pair of policies comprising one policy in each of two sets of policies;
marking each policy of the pair of policies in each of the two sets of policies to identify the possible conflict; and
marking at least one other policy in one of the two sets of policies that is related to one of the pair of marked policies to identify an inferred possible conflict
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Abstract
A method (1300) for manipulation of two sets of policies is described, wherein each set includes at least two related policies, and wherein each policy comprises a set of policy rules. The method includes identifying (1325) a possible conflict between a pair of policies comprising one policy in each of two sets of policies, marking (1330) the one policy in each of the two sets of policies to identify the possible conflict, and marking (1330) at least one other policy in one of the two sets of policies that is related to one of the marked policies in the two policy rules to identify at least one other possible conflict.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for manipulation of two sets of policies, each set comprising at least two related policies, and wherein each policy comprises a set of policy rules, the method comprising:
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identifying a possible conflict between a pair of policies comprising one policy in each of two sets of policies; marking each policy of the pair of policies in each of the two sets of policies to identify the possible conflict; and marking at least one other policy in one of the two sets of policies that is related to one of the pair of marked policies to identify an inferred possible conflict - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for handling conflicts in two sets of policies, each set comprising at least two related policies, and wherein each policy comprises a set of policy rules, the method comprising:
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splitting apart actually conflicting PolicyRules into multiple atomic PolicyStatements; determining which pairs of PolicyStatements actually conflict for each pair of actually conflicting PolicyStatements; and prioritizing which of the conflicting PolicyStatements should prevail in conflict resolution by computing for each PolicyStatement a weighted sum of the priorities of the PolicyDomain, PolicySubject, PolicyTarget, Policy Continuum Level, PolicyEvent clause, PolicyCondition clause, and PolicyAction wherein the weights reflect the relative importance of the PolicyDomain, PolicySubject, PolicyTarget, Policy Continuum Level, PolicyEvent clause, PolicyCondition clause, and PolicyAction.
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