APPLICATION AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AUTOMATED OFFERS OF SERVICE AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A service management system, comprising:
- a service description repository configured to contain service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of end points that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof, said end points being selected from the group consisting of devices and systems; and
an application associable with said service description repository and configured to compare capabilities of at least one of said end points with required capabilities expressed in at least one role of at least one of said service descriptions and present a service offering to a subscriber based thereon.
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Abstract
A service management application and method. In one embodiment, the service management system includes: (1) a service description repository configured to contain service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of end points that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof, the end points being selected from the group consisting of devices and systems and (2) an application associable with the service description repository and configured to compare capabilities of at least one of the end points with required capabilities expressed in at least one role of at least one of the service descriptions and present a service offering to a subscriber based thereon.
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1. A service management system, comprising:
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a service description repository configured to contain service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of end points that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof, said end points being selected from the group consisting of devices and systems; and an application associable with said service description repository and configured to compare capabilities of at least one of said end points with required capabilities expressed in at least one role of at least one of said service descriptions and present a service offering to a subscriber based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A service management method, comprising:
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comparing a capability of an end point associated with a subscriber with at least one required capability associated with at least one role expressed in a service description; and presenting a service offering associated with said service description to said subscriber based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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