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Service management system and method of executing a policy

  • US 8,850,598 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2008
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A service management system, comprising:

  • a nontransitory storage medium having a repository configured to contain end points, subscriber and service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of said end points that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof; and

    a computing device configured to implement a policy engine that is coupled to said repository and configured to employ said repository to identify end points relevant to a policy, identify services in which any of identified end points play a role, identify subscribers having both at least one of said identified end points and a subscription to at least one of identified services, search for end points of identified subscribers having a key/value pair that has a characteristic that said policy regards and cause said policy to be executed with respect to searched end points.

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