METHOD FOR MANAGING DOMAIN USING MULTI DOMAIN MANAGER AND DOMAIN SYSTEM

• US 20090300724A1
• Filed: 02/18/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Sung-hyun, Park, Il Gon, Jeong, Man Soo, Kim, Soo Jung, Chung, Min-gyu, Pak, Koo-yong
• Granted Patent: US 8,584,206 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1012 to domains
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of managing a domain employing a multi-domain manager and a domain system. The method of managing a domain employing a multi-domain manager includes designating a primary domain manager, configuring the domain by registering a domain device with the primary domain manager, designating at least one secondary domain manager of the domain devices, and managing the domain through conjunction of the primary domain manager and the secondary domain manager. Thus, domain management can be performed efficiently by employing a multi-domain manager.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

designating an entity as a primary domain manager that implements domain management functionalities;

designating an additional entity as a secondary domain manager;

transferring at least one of the domain management functionalities from the primary domain manager to the designated secondary domain manager; and

managing the domain using the domain management functionalities provided by the designated primary and secondary domain managers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the domain management functionalities further comprise:

authorizing joining and leaving of the domain.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the designating the additional entity as the secondary domain manager further comprises:

receiving, at the primary domain manager, data describing the additional entity; and

determining whether to designate the additional entity as the secondary domain manager based on the received data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary domain manager comprises first and second secondary domain managers.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising assessing a capacity of each of the plurality of secondary domain managers based on arbitrary or specific criteria.

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11. A device comprising a processor configured to:

designate an entity as a primary domain manager that implements domain management functionalities;

designate an additional entity as a secondary domain manager;

transfer at least one of the domain management functionalities from the primary domain manager to the designated secondary domain manager; and

manage the domain using the domain management functionalities provided by the designated primary and secondary domain managers.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the domain management functionalities further comprise:

authorizing joining and leaving of the domain.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the designating the additional entity as the secondary domain manager further comprises:

receiving, at the primary domain manager, data describing the additional entity; and

determining whether to designate the additional entity as the secondary domain manager based on the received data.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the secondary domain manager comprises first and second secondary domain managers.

15. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to assess a capacity of each of the plurality of secondary domain managers based on arbitrary or specific criteria.

16. A system comprising:

one or more computers; and

a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

designating an entity as a primary domain manager that implements domain management functionalities,

designating an additional entity as a secondary domain manager,

transferring at least one of the domain management functionalities from the primary domain manager to the designated secondary domain manager, and

managing the domain using the domain management functionalities provided by the designated primary and secondary domain managers.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the domain management functionalities further comprise:

authorizing joining and leaving of the domain.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the designating the additional entity as the secondary domain manager further comprises:

receiving, at the primary domain manager, data describing the additional entity; and

determining whether to designate the additional entity as the secondary domain manager based on the received data.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the secondary domain manager comprises first and second secondary domain managers.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise assessing a capacity of each of the plurality of secondary domain managers based on arbitrary or specific criteria.