METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING SERVICE LEVEL CONSOLIDATED USER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

• US 20110126261A1
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Maes, Stephane H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,533,773 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for implementing service level consolidated user information management. According to one embodiment, a method comprises intercepting, at a policy enforcer, a manipulation request of data. The method may further include analyzing the request to determine which data the manipulation request is associated with and, based on that analysis, selecting a policy from a plurality of policies. Furthermore, the method may execute the selected policy. The policy may be configured to direct the policy enforcer to allow the manipulation request to pass through to the associated destination data system to process the request, delegate processing of the manipulation request to at least one of a plurality of data systems, or process the manipulation request by the policy enforcer.

Claims

1. A method of implementing service level consolidated user information management, the method comprising:

intercepting, at a policy enforcer, a manipulation request of data;

analyzing the request to determine which data the manipulation request is associated with;

based on the associated data, selecting a policy from a plurality of policies configured for enforcement related to the associated data; and

executing the selected policy, wherein the policy is configured to direct the policy enforcer to perform one or more of the following;

allow the manipulation request to pass through to the associated destination data system to process the request, and delegate processing of the manipulation request to at least one of a plurality of data systems.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising verifying that the policy enforcer, the at least one of the plurality of data systems, and the associated designated data system have permissions to manipulate the data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, at a unified user profile (UUP), an aggregated interface; and

obtaining, via the consolidated interface, access to each of the plurality of data systems.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising returning an error message to the requestor through the requestor'"'"'s interface when a failure is expected to result in the UUP.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes dependent data, wherein the dependent data comprises data which is changed in response to the data changing.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising in response to the manipulation request affecting the dependent data, changing the dependent data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the manipulation request is a subscription management manipulation request, wherein the subscription management manipulation request comprises information about a user(s).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the manipulation request is a profile management manipulation request, wherein the profile management manipulation request comprises data about preferences and/or information about a user(s).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the manipulation request includes an associated destination data system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the destination data system owns the data.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the data'"'"'s location is known at the time of the request, and the request is made through a common interface.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the request made through the common interface includes information as to how the data is to be mapped.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising returning an error message in response to the manipulation request through a requestor interface when the request fails.

14. A system for implementing service level consolidated user information management, the system comprising:

a plurality of data systems; and

a policy enforcer coupled with the plurality of data systems, the policy enforcer configured to intercept a manipulation request of data, analyze the request to determine which data the manipulation request is associated with, based on the associated data, select a policy from a plurality of policies configured for enforcement related to the associated data, and execute the selected policy, wherein the policy is configured to direct the policy enforcer to perform one or more of the following;

allow the manipulation request to pass through to the associated destination data system to process the request, and delegate processing of the manipulation request to at least one of a plurality of data systems.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising an aggregator/federator configured to aggregate and/or federate the data, provide managed identities, and aggregate/federate schemas for the data.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the aggregator/federator is further configured to map data to be completed by an administrator at installation or run time, and that is exposed and controlled programmatically via a plurality of interfaces.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of data systems is a business support system (BSS), operations support system (OSS), a billing system, a subscription system, a service system, a network system, and a profile management system.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the policy enforcer delegates the processing of the manipulation request to the BSS.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising a policy repository to store the plurality of policies.

20. A machine-readable medium for implementing service level consolidated user information management which, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:

intercept, at a policy enforcer, a manipulation request of data;

analyze the request to determine which data the manipulation request is associated with;

based on the associated data, select a policy from a plurality of policies configured for enforcement related to the associated data; and

execute the selected policy, wherein the policy is configured to direct the policy enforcer to perform one or more of the following;

allow the manipulation request to pass through to the associated destination data system to process the request, and delegate processing of the manipulation request to at least one of a plurality of data systems.