SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF A SERVICE AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME
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1. A method of generating a static visual representation of a service, comprising:
- retrieving a service description associated with said service;
retrieving end points associated with said service;
mapping said end points into roles assumed with respect to said service description; and
for at least some of said roles, rendering said end points in said visual representation.
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Abstract
Various systems and methods for generating visual representations of services. In one embodiment, one method generates a static visual representation and includes: (1) retrieving a service description associated with the service, (2) retrieving end points associated with the service, (3) mapping the end points into roles assumed with respect to the service description and (4) for at least some of the roles, rendering the end points in the visual representation.
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1. A method of generating a static visual representation of a service, comprising:
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retrieving a service description associated with said service; retrieving end points associated with said service; mapping said end points into roles assumed with respect to said service description; and for at least some of said roles, rendering said end points in said visual representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of generating a dynamic visual representation of a service, comprising:
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retrieving a service description associated with said service; retrieving end points associated with said service; mapping said end points into roles and relationships assumed with respect to said service description; rendering said end points in said visual representation; and for at least some of said roles, rendering relationships of end points to other end points specified in said relationships in said visual representation. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of generating a dynamic visual representation of a service, comprising:
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retrieving a service description associated with said service; retrieving end points associated with said service; mapping said end points into roles and relationships assumed with respect to said service description; rendering said end points in said visual representation; and for at least some of said roles; collecting data from end points according to specified relationships, employing said data to determine further relationships among said end points, and rendering said further relationships in said visual representation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. 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 systems and devices that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof; a device repository configured to contain data regarding said devices; and a service management engine coupled to said service description repository and said device repository; and an application configured to employ said service management engine to generate at least one of; a static visual representation for which said application has access to static data explicitly describing relationships and said service management system is configured to map said devices into said roles, a dynamic visual representation for which said devices and systems are tagged with said roles played and said service management system is configured to map each of said devices and systems to others thereof through dynamic relationship rules, and a dynamic visual representation for which said dynamic relationships specify data within associated roles, data forming relationships among said devices and systems. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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