Device and Method for Administering a Network

• US 20170230462A1
• Filed: 03/16/2017
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ICE Gateway GmbH
• Original Assignee: ICE Gateway GmbH
• Inventors: Ascheid, Gerd, Mokhtari, Ramin Lavae
• Application Number:
  US15/460,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20170230462A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

Inter alia, a method is disclosed that includes the steps of receiving a first information item wherein the first information item originates from one or a plurality of entities of an internal network, providing the first information item and/or an information item based on the first information item at least partially as a function of an allocation of an information type of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item to a first group of entities of an external network such that the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item is only obtainable by the entities of the first group of entities of the external network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first information item, wherein the first information item originates from one or a plurality of entities of an internal network,

providing the first information item and/or an information item based on the first information item at least partially as a function of an allocation of an information type of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item to a first group of entities of an external network such that the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item is only obtainable by the entities of the first group of entities of the external network, wherein the first group of entities comprises a plurality of entities,

receiving a second information item, wherein the second information item originates from an entity of a second group of entities of the external network, and

providing the second information item and/or an information item based on the second information item such that the second information item is only obtainable by one or a plurality of entities of the internal network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the provision of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item comprises storing of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information in a first storage area, and wherein the provision of the second information item and/or the information item based on the second information item comprises storing of the second information item and/or the information item based on the second information item in a second storage area.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first storage area is allocated to the first group of entities of the external network, and wherein the second storage area is allocated to the entities of the internal network.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the different storage areas are separated from other storage areas in terms of software and/or hardware.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

causing and/or controlling a functional recovery and/or a functional update of one or a plurality of entities of a first group of entities of the internal network.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

sending a functional monitoring information item to each entity of the first group of entities of the internal network,

receiving a functional recovery request information item from one or a plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network, wherein the causing and/or controlling of the functional recovery of the one or plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network takes place at least partially as a function of the one or plurality of functional recovery request information items received.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein a functional monitoring information item is repeatedly sent to each entity of the first group of entities of the internal network.

8. A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising a computer program, the computer program comprising program instructions which cause a device to at least partially perform and/or control:

receiving a first information item, wherein the first information item originates from one or a plurality of entities of an internal network,

providing the first information item and/or an information item based on the first information item at least partially as a function of an allocation of an information type of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item to a first group of entities of an external network such that the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item is only obtainable by the entities of the first group of entities of the external network, wherein the first group of entities comprises a plurality of entities,

receiving a second information item, wherein the second information item originates from an entity of a second group of entities of the external network, and

providing the second information item and/or an information item based on the second information item such that the second information item is only obtainable by one or a plurality of entities of the internal network.

9. A system comprising,

one or a plurality of servers, wherein the servers respectively comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including one or a plurality of server programs with program instructions, wherein the memory and the program instructions are configured to, together with the processor, cause the servers to perform and/or control:

receiving a first information item, wherein the first information item originates from one or a plurality of entities of an internal network,

providing the first information item and/or an information item based on the first information item at least partially as a function of an allocation of an information type of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item to a first group of entities of an external network such that the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item is only obtainable by the entities of the first group of entities of the external network, wherein the first group of entities comprises a plurality of entities,

receiving a second information item, wherein the second information item originates from an entity of a second group of entities of the external network, and

providing the second information item and/or an information item based on the second information item such that the second information item is only obtainable by one or a plurality of entities of the internal network.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the provision of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item comprises storing of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information in a first storage area, and wherein the provision of the second information item and/or the information item based on the second information item comprises storing of the second information item and/or the information item based on the second information item in a second storage area.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the first storage area is allocated to the first group of entities of the external network, and wherein the second storage area is allocated to the entities of the internal network.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the different storage areas are separated from other storage areas in terms of software and/or hardware.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein different information types are respectively at least partially allocated to different groups of entities of the external network.

14. The system according to claim 9, wherein the second information item and/or an information item based on the second information item is only provided if the second information item originates from an entity of the second group of entities of the external network.

15. The system according to claim 9, wherein the entities of the first group of entities of the external network are at least partially different from the entities of the second group of entities of the external network.

16. The system according to claim 9, wherein the second information item and/or the information item based on the second information item comprises a control information item for controlling one or a plurality of entities of the internal network.

17. The system according to claim 9, wherein the memory and the program instructions are configured to, together with the processor, further cause the servers to perform and/or control:

causing and/or controlling a functional recovery and/or a functional update of one or a plurality of entities of a first group of entities of the internal network.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the memory and the program instructions are configured to, together with the processor, further cause the servers to perform and/or control:

sending a functional monitoring information item to each entity of the first group of entities of the internal network,

receiving a functional recovery request information item from one or a plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network, wherein the causing and/or controlling of the functional recovery of the one or plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network takes place at least partially as a function of the one or plurality of functional recovery request information items received.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein a functional monitoring information item is repeatedly sent to each entity of the first group of entities of the internal network.

20. The system according to claim 17, wherein the causing and/or controlling of the functional recovery and/or functional update of the one or plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network comprises:

sending a functional recovery information item and/or a functional update information item to each of the one or plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein the respective functional recovery information item comprises a respective functional recovery program and/or the respective functional update information item comprises a respective functional update program.

22. The system according to claim 20, wherein the respective functional recovery program comprises program instructions which cause the respective entity of the first group of entities of the internal network to perform the functional recovery when the functional update program is executed by one or a plurality of processors of this respective entity, and/or wherein the respective functional update program comprises program instructions which cause the respective entity of the first group of entities of the internal network to perform the functional update when the functional update program is executed by one or a plurality of processors of this respective entity.

23. The system according to claim 20, wherein the functional recovery information for each of the one or plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network respectively predefines a functional recovery time and/or a functional recovery time period, and/or wherein the functional update information for each of the one or plurality of entities of the first group of entities of the internal network respectively predefines a functional update time and/or a functional update time period.

24. The system according to claim 9, wherein the system comprises a first server and a second server,

wherein the first server comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including one or a plurality of server programs with program instructions, wherein the memory and the program instructions are configured to, together with the processor, cause the first server to perform and/or control:

receiving a first information item, wherein the first information item originates from one or a plurality of entities of an internal network,

providing the first information item and/or an information item based on the first information item at least partially as a function of an allocation of an information type of the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item to a first group of entities of an external network such that the first information item and/or the information item based on the first information item is only obtainable by the entities of the first group of entities of the external network, wherein the first group of entities comprises a plurality of entities,

receiving a second information item, wherein the second information item originates from an entity of a second group of entities of the external network, and

providing the second information item and/or an information item based on the second information item such that the second information item is only obtainable by one or a plurality of entities of the internal network, and,

wherein the second server comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including one or a plurality of server programs with program instructions, wherein the memory and the program instructions are configured to, together with the processor, cause the second server to perform and/or control;

causing and/or controlling a functional recovery and/or a functional update of one or a plurality of entities of a first group of entities of the internal network.