POLICY-BASED MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF HOME DEVICES

• US 20080148347A1
• Filed: 12/12/2007
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation), Motive Incorporated (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: BOCQ, Sebastien, Van Den Bosch, Sven, Remington, Jeremy, Bose, Arabinda
• Granted Patent: US 9,083,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0879 Manual configuration through operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/062 using different frequency bands for speech and other data

Abstract

Policy-based management method for remote management of a home device (3), said method comprising:

• • a triggering step wherein the operational state of the home device (3) changes under occurrence of a triggering event belonging to one of the following event categories:
    • a device event, where the event is automatically produced by the home device (3);
    • a scheduled event, where the event is automatically produced by a clock;
    • a user event, where the event is produced by a user;
  • an evaluation step, wherein a home device management (HDM) server (9) evaluates at least one device selection criterion;
  • a policy run cycle, wherein the HDM server (9) runs a policy on the home device (3), said policy being selected among the following policies:
    • an activation policy if the triggering event is of the device type;
    • a management policy if the triggering event is of the scheduled type;
    • a transient policy if the triggering event is of the user type.

Claims

1. Policy-based management method for remote management of a home device (3), said method comprising:

a triggering step wherein the operational state of the home device (3) changes under occurrence of a triggering event belonging to one of the following event categories;

a device event, where the event is automatically produced by the home device (3);

a scheduled event, where the event is automatically produced by a clock;

a user event, where the event is produced by a user;

an evaluation step, wherein a home device management (HDM) server (9) evaluates at least one device selection criterion;

a policy run cycle, wherein the HDM server (9) runs a policy on the home device (3), said policy being selected among the following policies;

an activation policy if the triggering event is of the device type;

a management policy if the triggering event is of the scheduled type;

a transient policy if the triggering event is of the user type.

2. Policy-based management method according to claim 1, further comprising an exit step wherein the HDM server (9) evaluates success or failure of the policy on the home device (3).

3. Policy-based management method according to claim 1, wherein, in the evaluation step, the at least one device criterion is a device parameter.

4. Policy-based management method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one device criterion is selected among the following:

home device IP address, home device serial number, service identification.

5. Policy-based management method according to claim 1, further comprising, if the selected policy is the transient policy, a locking step wherein the home device (3) is locked before the beginning of the policy run cycle, and an unlocking step wherein the home device (3) is unlocked after completion of the policy run cycle.

6. Home device policy-based management system, comprising:

means (9) for identifying a triggering event belonging to one of the following event categories;

a device event, where the event is automatically produced by the home device (3);

a scheduled event, where the event is automatically produced by a clock;

a user event, where the event is produced by a user;

means (9) for evaluating at least one device selection criterion;

means (9, 10) for launching a policy run cycle on the home device (3), said policy being selected among the following policies;

an activation policy if the triggering event is of the device type;

a management policy if the triggering event is of the scheduled type;

a transient policy if the triggering event is of the user type.

7. Home device policy-based management system, comprising a policy repository database (PRD) (12) wherein rules underlying the policies are implemented.

8. Computer program product described in a computer-readable format in order to execute a home device policy-based management method, comprising:

instructions for identifying a triggering event belonging to one of the following event categories;

a device event, where the event is automatically produced by the home device (3);

a scheduled event, where the event is automatically produced by a clock;

a user event, where the event is produced by a user;

instructions for evaluating at least one device selection criterion;

instructions for launching a policy run cycle on a home device, said policy being selected among the following policies;

an activation policy if the triggering event is of the device type;

a management policy if the triggering event is of the scheduled type;

a transient policy if the triggering event is of the user type.