SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING AND UNPROVISIONING MULTIPLE END POINTS WITH RESPECT TO A SUBSCRIBER AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME

• US 20090132685A1
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Motive Incorporated (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Palkot, Thomas A., Dholakia, Neil, Pelley, Edward S., Tacker, Bryan P.
• Application Number:
  US12/276,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20090132685A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5061 characterised by the interaction between service providers and their network customers, e.g. customer relationship management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Various systems and methods for provisioning and/or unprovisioning an end point. One aspect provides a method of provisioning an end point. In one embodiment, the method include: (1) mapping the end point into a role in a service associated with a subscriber and (2) calling at least one function associated with the role, the function causing values to be transmitted to the end point to provision the end point with respect to the service.

Claims

1. A method of provisioning an end point, comprising:

mapping said end point into a role in a service associated with a subscriber; and

calling at least one function associated with said role, said function causing values to be transmitted to said end point to provision said end point with respect to said service.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said method is further a method of unprovisioning said end point, said method further comprising calling another function associated with said role and configured to cause values to be transmitted to unprovision said end point with respect to said service.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein said other function causes ones of said values to be transmitted to said end point.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said end point is selected from the group consisting of:

a device, and

a system.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said calling comprises calling further functions configured to take other actions with respect to other end points to provision said end point.

6. A method of adding a device to a service, comprising:

retrieving service descriptions that are associated with a subscription from a service repository; and

repeating, for each service description in said list;

mapping said device into a current service description to determine whether said device fits a role therein,

if said target device matches said role, retrieving an add device function from said current service description, and

if said target device matches said role, passing said function into said script engine.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 wherein said passing said function further comprises passing said service description and end points into said script engine.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 wherein said end points are categorized by role.

9. The method as recited in claim 7 wherein said end points are selected from the group consisting of:

devices, and

systems.

10. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising:

retrieving results from said function; and

returning said results to an application.