POLICY MANAGEMENT ARBITRATION BY SERVICE GROUP
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, from one of a plurality of terminals in a service group of a video content network, a request to establish a session with a head end of said network, wherein said video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to said service group;
evaluating said request against a policy, said policy specifying a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said second category; and
granting said request if it is in conformance with said policy.
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Abstract
A request is received from one of a plurality of terminals in a service group of a video content network. The request is to establish a session with a head end of the network. The video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to the service group. The request is evaluated against a policy. The policy specifies a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of the first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of the second category. The request is granted if it is in conformance with the policy. The method may be carried out, for example, with a session resource manager apparatus.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, from one of a plurality of terminals in a service group of a video content network, a request to establish a session with a head end of said network, wherein said video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to said service group; evaluating said request against a policy, said policy specifying a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said second category; and granting said request if it is in conformance with said policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A session resource manager apparatus configured to communicate over a video content network with a plurality of terminals in a service group of the video content network, the video content network having a head end, said apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor, coupled to said memory, and operative to; receive, from one of a plurality of terminals in the service group of the video content network, a request to establish a session with the head end of the network, wherein the video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to the service group; evaluate said request against a policy, said policy specifying a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said second category; and grant said request if it is in conformance with said policy. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a video content network; a head end coupled to said video content network; a service group coupled to said video content network and having a plurality of terminals; and a session resource manager apparatus coupled to said video content network, said session resource manager apparatus in turn comprising; a memory; and at least one processor, coupled to said memory, and operative to; receive, from one of said plurality of terminals in said service group, over said video content network, a request to establish a session with said head end, wherein said video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to said service group; evaluate said request against a policy, said policy specifying a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said second category; and grant said request if it is in conformance with said policy.
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24. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving, from one of a plurality of terminals in a service group of a video content network, a request to establish a session with a head end of said network, wherein said video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to said service group; means for evaluating said request against a policy, said policy specifying a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said second category; and means for granting said request if it is in conformance with said policy.
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25. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable recordable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code configured to receive, from one of a plurality of terminals in a service group of a video content network, a request to establish a session with a head end of said network, wherein said video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to said service group; computer readable program code configured to evaluate said request against a policy, said policy specifying a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of said second category; and computer readable program code configured to grant said request if it is in conformance with said policy.
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