Method and system to dynamically instantiate virtual repository for any services

• US 9,582,306 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2015
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dowlatkhah, Sangar, Shaw, Venson
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Andy
• Assistant Examiner(s): SEYE, ABDOU K
• Application Number:
  US14/674,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20160291994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45537 Provision of facilities of other operating environments, e.g. WINE I/O emulation G06F13/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

A virtual machine/function of repository is used to collect information for use in providing a particular service to a particular user in a network. The virtual machine/function of repository is dynamically instantiating in a front end of the network upon receiving a request to provision the particular service for the particular user. The collected information pertains only to providing the particular service to the particular user. The virtual machine/function of repository is synchronized with one or more consolidated databases in a back end of the network. The virtual machine/function of repository is deleted upon discontinuation of the particular service for the particular user.

Claims

1. A method for collecting information for use in providing a particular service to a particular user in a network, comprising:

receiving a request to provision an instance of the particular service for the particular user;

dynamically instantiating a virtual machine/function of repository in a front end of the network, for representing the information for use only in providing the instance of the particular service to the particular user, wherein the virtual machine/function of repository does not contain information for providing services other than the instance of the particular service and does not contain information for providing services to users other than the particular user;

synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database in a back end of the network;

accessing the information from the virtual machine/function of repository as needed in providing the particular service to the particular user;

receiving a request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user; and

upon receiving the request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user, deleting the virtual machine/function of repository.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each one of the at least one consolidated databases contains information used in services having similar requirements.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein communications between the virtual machine/function of repository and the at least one consolidated database comprise dynamic security and policy functionality.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein communications between the virtual machine/function of repository and the at least one consolidated database comprise schema adaption functionality for correctly representing a data schema for the particular service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual machine/function of repository comprises at least one functionality for communications with at least one consolidated database, chosen from the group of functionalities consisting of alarm, indexing, backup, change log and certificate functionality.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database further comprises writing new information from at least one of the consolidated databases to the virtual machine/function of repository.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database further comprises reading new information from the virtual machine/function of repository for recording in at least one of the consolidated databases.

8. A tangible computer-usable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the processor to perform operations for collecting information for use in providing a particular service to a particular user in a network, the operations comprising:

receiving a request to provision an instance of the particular service for the particular user;

dynamically instantiating a virtual machine/function of repository in a front end of the network, for representing the information for use only in providing the instance of the particular service to the particular user, wherein the virtual machine/function of repository does not contain information for providing services other than the instance of the particular service and does not contain information for providing services to users other than the particular user;

synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database in a back end of the network;

accessing the information from the virtual machine/function of repository as needed in providing the particular service to the particular user;

receiving a request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user; and

upon receiving the request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user, deleting the virtual machine/function of repository.

9. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 8, wherein communications between the virtual machine/function of repository and the at least one consolidated database comprise dynamic security and policy functionality.

10. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 8, wherein communications between the virtual machine/function of repository and the at least one consolidated database comprise schema adaption functionality for correctly representing a data schema for the particular service.

11. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 8, wherein the virtual machine/function of repository comprises at least one functionality for communications with at least one consolidated database, chosen from the group of functionalities consisting of alarm, indexing, backup, change log and certificate functionality.

12. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 8, wherein synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database further comprises writing new information from at least one of the consolidated databases to the virtual machine/function of repository.

13. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 8, wherein synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database further comprises reading new information from the virtual machine/function of repository for recording in at least one of the consolidated databases.

14. A service controller, comprising:

a network interface;

a processor connected to the network interface for communications with a network;

a computer useable medium connected to the processor and containing computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the processor to perform operations for collecting information for use in providing a particular service to a particular user in a network, the operations comprising;

receiving a request to provision an instance of the particular service for the particular user;

dynamically instantiating a virtual machine/function of repository in a front end of the network, for representing the information for use only in providing the instance of the particular service to the particular user, wherein the virtual machine/function of repository does not contain information for providing services other than the instance of the particular service and does not contain information for providing services to users other than the particular user;

synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database in a back end of the network;

accessing the information from the virtual machine/function of repository as needed in providing the particular service to the particular user;

receiving a request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user; and

upon receiving the request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user, deleting the virtual machine/function of repository.

15. The service controller of claim 14, wherein each one of the at least one consolidated databases contains information used in services having similar requirements.

16. The service controller of claim 14, wherein communications between the virtual machine/function of repository and the at least one consolidated database comprise dynamic security and policy functionality.

17. The service controller of claim 14, wherein communications between the virtual machine/function of repository and the at least one consolidated database comprise schema adaption functionality for correctly representing a data schema for the particular service.

18. The service controller of claim 14, wherein the virtual machine/function of repository comprises at least one functionality for communications with at least one consolidated database, chosen from the group of functionalities consisting of alarm, indexing, backup, change log and certificate functionality.

19. The service controller of claim 14, wherein synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database further comprises writing new information from at least one of the consolidated databases to the virtual machine/function of repository.

20. The service controller of claim 14, wherein synchronizing the virtual machine/function of repository with at least one consolidated database further comprises reading new information from the virtual machine/function of repository for recording in at least one of the consolidated databases.