Automated provisioning system

• US 7,313,611 B1
• Filed: 06/23/2000
• Issued: 12/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amdocs Development Limited (Amdocs Ltd.), Jacobs Rimell Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Jacob Rimmell Limited
• Inventors: Jacobs, David, Rimell, Philip, Pinto, Paulo, Sterling, Keith, Wensley, Jordan
• Primary Examiner(s): Wiley, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): DENNISON, JERRY B
• Application Number:
  US09/602,024
• Time in Patent Office: 2,741 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/225, 709/226, 719/313, 719/316, 719/328, 719/315, 707 1- 10, 707100-104
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4523 using lightweight directory access protocol [LDAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4552 Lookup mechanisms between a plurality of directories; Synchronisation of directories, e.g. metadirectories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/50 Address allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A computer system comprising a number of components which make up an infrastructure with the system having a Directory 10 and an APS which is adapted to centralize and automate information management for online service systems.

Claims

1. An automated provisioning system for enabling activation of users and services in a distributed electronic system, which provisioning system is adapted to use an LDAP or X.500 compatible directory enabled information repository, the system comprising

a service manager adapted to interact with the information repository and components of a distributed electronic system, the information repository comprises a scalable data model,

wherein the service manager is adapted to log on to a directory and interacts therewith to create, delete, amend or search for information in the information repository and

wherein the data model comprises domains, which domains comprise object types of users, services, profiles and infrastructure, such that a user is assigned to a profile, which profile is adapted to access a plurality of services, which services run on infrastructure,

and wherein the data model comprises further objects, which further objects are configuration objects for intercommunicating between said object types of users, services, profiles and infrastructure, which configuration objects comprise

a profile service configuration object, a user service configuration object and a service infrastructure configuration object,

wherein a user service configuration object is adapted to configure use of the service when associated with a particular user,

a profile service configuration object is adapted to configure aspects of the service when associated with a particular profile and

a service infrastructure configuration object is adapted to configure aspects of the service when associated with a particular piece of infrastructure.

2. An automated provisioning system according to claim 1, in which a user is assigned a plurality of profiles which profiles comprise a plurality of services.

3. An automated provisioning system according to claim 1, wherein the domain contains sub-organizations.

4. An automated provisioning system according to claim 2, wherein the domain contains sub-organizations.