USING GLOBAL VARIABLES TO DATA-DRIVE RULE ENGINE EVALUATION

• US 20160182283A1
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Incorporated (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Mann, Robert A., Jorgensen, Peter K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,967,133 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a Diameter network device which may include a storage configured to store one or more global variables, a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: establish an object within the memory representative of a global variable; configure the object to access fields of the global variable including a property of the network device which was modified; and access via the object an attribute for the global variable.

Claims

1. A Diameter network device comprising:

a storage configured to store one or more global variables;

a memory; and

a processor configured to;

establish an object within the memory representative of a global variable;

access fields of the global variable including a property of the network device which was modified via utilizing information in the object; and

access via utilizing information in the object an attribute for the global variable.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to access via utilizing information in the object, an action for the global variable.

3. The network device of claim 2, wherein the action is such that it allows the global variable to be set by with name with a correct type.

4. The network device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

access an attribute which allows the value of the global variable to be retrieved by name as a type specified for the global variable.

5. The network device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute an initialization rule set to update the global variable.

6. The network device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to modify via utilizing information in the object, a first system property which indicates the identity of the device and a second system property which indicates the identity of the destination host.

7. The network device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to access via utilizing information in the object, instructions to execute an initialization rule set to create the global variable on a different network device, such that the same rule is used on the different network device.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for execution by a Diameter network device, the medium comprising:

instructions for establishing within a memory, an object representative of a global variable;

instructions for accessing fields of the global variable including a property of the network device which was modified via utilizing information in the object; and

instructions for accessing via utilizing information in the object an attribute for the global variable.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein accessing further comprises:

accessing via utilizing information in the object an action for the global variable.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

instructions for accessing an attribute which allows the value of the global variable to be retrieved by name as a type specified for the global variable.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

instructions for modifying via utilizing information in the object, a first system property which indicates the identity of the device and a second system property which indicates the identity of the destination host.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

instructions for executing an initialization rule set to update the global variable.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the action is such that it allows the global variable to be set by a name with a correct type.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

instructions for accessing via utilizing information in the object, instructions to execute an initialization rule set to create the global variable on a different network device, such that the same rule can be used on the different network device.

15. A method performed by a Diameter network device, the method comprising:

establishing within a memory, an object representative of a global variable;

accessing fields of the global variable including a property of the network device which was modified via utilizing information in the object; and

accessing via utilizing information in the object an attribute for the global variable.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein accessing further comprises:

accessing via utilizing information in the object an action for the global variable.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

accessing an attribute which allows the value of the global variable to be retrieved by name as a type specified for the global variable.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

modifying via utilizing information in the object, a first system property which indicates the identity of the device and a second system property which indicates the identity of the destination host.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

executing an initialization rule set to update the global variable.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the action sets the global variable with a name with a correct type.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

the processor accessing via utilizing information in the object, instructions to execute an initialization rule set to create the global variable on a different network device, such that the same rule can be used on the different network device.