Apparatus and generic method for interfacing with managed objects in a communication network
First Claim
1. A method of interfacing with managed objects in a communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a network element, an application-independent request for service, wherein the request includes generic operations and data in a generic format, wherein the generic data format is an open-ended name-value pair format, such that the generically represented data includes a subset of the name-value pairs supported by different service applications in the communications network so that the request may be used across the different services in the network;
mapping the request to a registry to identify, from a plurality of service applications at the network element, a service application that can process the request;
executing the identified service application based upon the request,wherein a plurality of client applications use the generic data format to transmit application-independent requests for service in the communication network,wherein the request is mapped to the registry by a managed object manager, andwherein the managed object manager and the registry together manage a generic interface.
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Abstract
A method of interfacing with managed objects in a communication network, including: receiving an application independent request for service using generically represented data; mapping the request to a registry to determine the particular service application that can process the requested service; and executing the service application that can process the requested service. A network element in a communications network, includes: a managed object manager configured to map an application independent request for service and to forward the request to a service application that can process the requested service; and a registry coupled to the managed object manager and configured to provide mapped results that indicate the service application that can process the requested service.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of interfacing with managed objects in a communication network, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a network element, an application-independent request for service, wherein the request includes generic operations and data in a generic format, wherein the generic data format is an open-ended name-value pair format, such that the generically represented data includes a subset of the name-value pairs supported by different service applications in the communications network so that the request may be used across the different services in the network; mapping the request to a registry to identify, from a plurality of service applications at the network element, a service application that can process the request; executing the identified service application based upon the request, wherein a plurality of client applications use the generic data format to transmit application-independent requests for service in the communication network, wherein the request is mapped to the registry by a managed object manager, and wherein the managed object manager and the registry together manage a generic interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of interfacing with managed objects in a communication network, the method comprising:
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generating, at a client application, an application-independent request for service, wherein the request includes generic operations and data in a generic format, wherein the generic data format is an open-ended name-value pair format, such that the generically represented data includes a subset of the name-value pairs supported by different service applications in the communications network so that the request may be used across the different services in the network; and transmitting the request to a network element, wherein a plurality of client applications use the generic data format to transmit application-independent requests for service in the communication network; wherein the request is mapped to a registry by a managed object manager, and wherein the managed object manager and the registry together manage a generic interface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A network element in a communications network, comprising:
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a registry configured to provide a mapping between one of a plurality of service applications and an application-independent request for service, wherein the request includes generic operations and data in a generic data format wherein the generic data format is an open-ended name-value pair format, such that the generically represented data includes a subset of the name-value pairs supported by different service applications in the communications network so that the request may be used across the different services in the network; and a managed object manager, coupled to the registry, configured to receive the request and to forward the request to the one of the plurality of service applications for processing the request, wherein a plurality of client applications use the generic data format to transmit application-independent requests for service in the communications network, wherein the request is mapped to the registry by the managed object manager, and wherein the managed object manager and the registry together manage a generic interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for interfacing with managed objects in a communication network, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving, at a network element, an application-independent request for service, wherein the request includes generic operations and data in a generic data format, wherein the generic data format is an open-ended name-value pair format, such that the generically represented data includes a subset of the name-value pairs supported by different service applications in the communications network so that the request may be used across the different services in the network; means for mapping the request to a registry to determine from a plurality of service applications, a service application that can process the request; and means for executing the identified service application based upon the request, wherein a plurality of client applications use the generic data format to transmit application-independent requests for service in the communication network, wherein the request is mapped to the registry by a managed object manager, and wherein the managed object manager and the registry together manage a generic interface. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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