NETWORK SERVICE OPERATIONAL STATUS MONITORING
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an interface operable to enable communication with a service status requester; and
an operational status monitor operatively coupled to the interface and operable to receive from the service status requester, through the interface, a service status request associated with a network service, and to determine an operational status of the network service responsive to the received service status request, the operational status being a service-specific operational status of the network service.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Network service operational status monitoring methods and apparatus are disclosed. Responsive to a service status request associated with a network service, an operational status of the network service is determined by an intermediary between a service status requester and the network service. The operational status is a service-specific operational status of the network service in some embodiments. Operational status may be determined through a multi-level procedure in which subsequent levels after a first level of the multi-level procedure are or are not performed depending on a result of a preceding level of the procedure. A multi-level procedure may involve a service connectivity check and a service operational check, for instance.
73 Citations
24 Claims
-
1. An apparatus comprising:
-
an interface operable to enable communication with a service status requester; and an operational status monitor operatively coupled to the interface and operable to receive from the service status requester, through the interface, a service status request associated with a network service, and to determine an operational status of the network service responsive to the received service status request, the operational status being a service-specific operational status of the network service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A method comprising:
-
receiving from a service status requester a service status request associated with a network service; and determining an operational status of the network service responsive to the received service status request, the operational status being a service-specific operational status of the network service. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. An apparatus comprising:
-
a service interface operable to enable communication with a network service; and an operational status monitor operatively coupled to the service interface and operable to perform a multi-level service operational status determination procedure to determine an operational status of the network service, the operational status monitor determining whether subsequent levels after a first level of the multi-level operational status determination procedure are to be performed based on a result of a preceding level of the procedure. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
-
-
24. A method comprising:
-
performing a first level of a multi-level service operational status determination procedure for determining an operational status of a network service; and for each subsequent level after the first level of the multi-level operational status determination procedure; determining, based on a result of a preceding level of the procedure, whether the subsequent level is to be performed; and performing the subsequent level of the procedure where it is determined that the subsequent level of the procedure is to be performed.
-
Specification