System for supply chain management of virtual private network services
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1. A method for providing substantially measurable network service comprising:
- capturing by a processor one or more of a user'"'"'s network service requirements in one or more data structures stored in a computer readable medium;
outputting one or more design solutions in substantial compliance with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements;
provisioning network devices configured to implement a selected one of the outputted design solutions, which is modifiable and which comprises at least one of network infrastructure and network services;
activating said provisioned design solution for use by the user;
monitoring by the processor said activated design solution for variation in at least one of delivery performance and usage, said monitoring being of the network devices used in said activated design solution;
maintaining by the processor performance metrics data on said activated design solution in one or more data structures stored in a computer readable medium;
comparing by the processor said performance metrics with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements to determine whether delivery of said activated design solution, is in substantial compliance with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements; and
modifying the activated design solution if the delivery of said activated design solution is not in substantial compliance with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements.
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Abstract
The system for the supply chain management of network services, preferably virtual private network services, provides hardware, processes and application tools useful in configuring and/or delivering substantially measurable virtual private network services.
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1. A method for providing substantially measurable network service comprising:
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capturing by a processor one or more of a user'"'"'s network service requirements in one or more data structures stored in a computer readable medium; outputting one or more design solutions in substantial compliance with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements; provisioning network devices configured to implement a selected one of the outputted design solutions, which is modifiable and which comprises at least one of network infrastructure and network services; activating said provisioned design solution for use by the user; monitoring by the processor said activated design solution for variation in at least one of delivery performance and usage, said monitoring being of the network devices used in said activated design solution; maintaining by the processor performance metrics data on said activated design solution in one or more data structures stored in a computer readable medium; comparing by the processor said performance metrics with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements to determine whether delivery of said activated design solution, is in substantial compliance with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements; and modifying the activated design solution if the delivery of said activated design solution is not in substantial compliance with the user'"'"'s captured network service requirements.
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2. A requirement planning system for providing managed network service, said system comprising:
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a network infrastructure comprising one or more network devices communicatively connecting a plurality of service providers; a management module comprising a suite of applications and hardware for managing a collection of functions directed to delivery of substantially measurable network service, the management module further comprising a gateway, a logical structure, a modeling tools platform, network transformation programs and a workflow engine; and a communications network for interfacing said network infrastructure with said management module, said communication network enabling the management module to obtain performance metrics data on said network infrastructure from the one or more network devices after activating said network infrastructure.
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3. A system for providing performance-based network service, said system comprising:
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a portal allowing access to said system; a modeling tools engine for modeling one or more network designs; a network transformation programs engine, in communication with said modeling tools engine, for providing network support of a network design; a logical structure for storing and integrating information from said modeling tools engine and said network transformation programs engine involved in producing a network design; and a workflow engine for managing the processing of aid modeling tools engine, said network transformation programs engine and said logical structure, in order to facilitate implementation of the network design. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for delivery of a measurable network service, comprising:
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designing an end-to-end network service solution based on requirements of a subscriber store in one or more data structures in a computer-readable medium, the network service solution comprising network services from a plurality of network service suppliers, each network service supplier providing network services according to a service level agreement; implementing the network service solution by enabling communications between network service suppliers through one or more monitoring devices configured to detect performance metric data for each of the network service suppliers; activating the implemented network service solution for use by the subscriber to communicate data through the implemented network; monitoring by a processor the activated network service solution using the performance metric data received from the monitoring devices; and determining by the processor variations in the performance metric data relating to the network services and usage by the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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