Integrated network and service management with automated flow through configuration and provisioning of virtual private networks
First Claim
1. An automated system for managing a virtual private network, comprising:
- one or more processing devices operative to;
(i) generate a service order based on a request from a user for at least one of a new service, a modification of an existing service and a termination of an existing service associated with the virtual private network;
(ii) cause a determination of design requirements associated with implementing the user'"'"'s request;
(iii) cause provisioning of one or more virtual private network elements, when necessary, to implement the design requirements;
(iv) cause the virtual private network to be configured to satisfy one or more conditions associated with the user'"'"'s request; and
(v) cause at least a portion of the virtual private network to be tested to determine whether the user'"'"'s request has been satisfied; and
a memory, coupled to the one or more processing devices, which stores at least a portion of data associated with the generating, design, provisioning, configuration and testing operations.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, an automated system for managing a virtual private network comprises one or more processing devices operative to: (i) generate a service order based on a request from a user for at least one of a new service, a modification of an existing service and a termination of an existing service associated with the virtual private network; (ii) cause a determination of design requirements associated with implementing the user'"'"'s request; (iii) cause provisioning of one or more virtual private network elements, when necessary, to implement the design requirements; (iv) cause the virtual private network to be configured to satisfy one or more conditions associated with the user'"'"'s request; and (v) cause at least a portion of the virtual private network to be tested to determine whether the user'"'"'s request has been satisfied; and a memory, coupled to the one or more processing devices, which stores at least a portion of data associated with the generating, design, provisioning, configuration and testing operations.
-
Citations
28 Claims
-
1. An automated system for managing a virtual private network, comprising:
-
one or more processing devices operative to;
(i) generate a service order based on a request from a user for at least one of a new service, a modification of an existing service and a termination of an existing service associated with the virtual private network;
(ii) cause a determination of design requirements associated with implementing the user'"'"'s request;
(iii) cause provisioning of one or more virtual private network elements, when necessary, to implement the design requirements;
(iv) cause the virtual private network to be configured to satisfy one or more conditions associated with the user'"'"'s request; and
(v) cause at least a portion of the virtual private network to be tested to determine whether the user'"'"'s request has been satisfied; and
a memory, coupled to the one or more processing devices, which stores at least a portion of data associated with the generating, design, provisioning, configuration and testing operations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. An automated system for managing a virtual private network, comprising one or more processing devices operative to form:
-
an order management subsystem for generating a service order based on a request from a user for at least one of a new service, a modification of an existing service and a termination of an existing service associated with the virtual private network;
a configuration management subsystem, coupled to the order management subsystem, for;
(i) causing a determination of design requirements associated with implementing the user'"'"'s request;
(ii) causing provisioning of one or more virtual private network elements, when necessary, to implement the design requirements;
(iii) causing the virtual private network to be configured to satisfy one or more conditions associated with the user'"'"'s request; and
(iv) causing at least a portion of the virtual private network to be tested to determine whether the user'"'"'s request has been satisfied; and
an interface subsystem, coupled to the configuration management subsystem, for providing one or more interfaces to the configuration management subsystem in order to communicate with at least one of the one or more virtual private network elements and other networks, with respect to at least one of the provisioning, configuration and testing operations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
-
-
27. An article of manufacture for managing a virtual private network, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
-
automatically generating a service order based on a request from a user for at least one of a new service, a modification of an existing service and a termination of an existing service associated with the virtual private network;
automatically causing a determination of design requirements associated with implementing the user'"'"'s request;
automatically causing provisioning of one or more virtual private network elements, when necessary, to implement the design requirements;
automatically causing the virtual private network to be configured to satisfy one or more conditions associated with the user'"'"'s request; and
automatically causing at least a portion of the virtual private network to be tested to determine whether the user'"'"'s request has been satisfied.
-
-
28. A computer-implemented method of managing a virtual private network, comprising the steps of:
-
automatically generating a service order based on a request from a user for at least one of a new service, a modification of an existing service and a termination of an existing service associated with the virtual private network;
automatically causing a determination of design requirements associated with implementing the user'"'"'s request;
automatically causing provisioning of one or more virtual private network elements, when necessary, to implement the design requirements;
automatically causing the virtual private network to be configured to satisfy one or more conditions associated with the user'"'"'s request; and
automatically causing at least a portion of the virtual private network to be tested to determine whether the user'"'"'s request has been satisfied.
-
Specification