Method and system to dynamically instantiate virtual repository for any services

• US 9,952,888 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2017
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• 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): Wathen, Brian W
• Assistant Examiner(s): SEYE, ABDOU K
• Application Number:
  US15/402,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20170123829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• 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 providing information for use in a particular network service to a particular user in a network, comprising:

creating a plurality of consolidated application repositories in a network backend, including a first consolidated application repository containing information used in a plurality of network services having similar requirements, the information relating to a plurality of users; and

synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with a virtual machine/function of repository in a front end of the network, the virtual machine/function of repository being dynamically instantiated upon a request to provision an instance of a particular service for a particular user and being accessible for providing the particular service to the particular user, wherein the synchronizing includes synchronizing information for use only in providing a particular service to a particular user, and does not include synchronizing information for providing services other than the instance of the particular service and does not include synchronizing information for providing services to users other than the particular user;

wherein the virtual machine/function of repository is deleted upon receiving a request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing dynamic security and policy functionality.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing schema adaption functionality for correctly representing a data schema for the particular service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing at least one functionality chosen from the group of functionalities consisting of alarm, indexing, backup, change log and certificate functionality.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises writing new information from the virtual machine/function of repository to the first consolidated application repository.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises reading new information from the first consolidated application repository for recording in the virtual machine/function of repository.

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

creating a plurality of consolidated application repositories in a network backend, including a first consolidated application repository containing information used in a plurality of network services having similar requirements, the information relating to a plurality of users; and

synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with a virtual machine/function of repository in a front end of the network, the virtual machine/function of repository being dynamically instantiated upon a request to provision an instance of a particular service for a particular user and being accessible for providing the particular service to the particular user, wherein both the virtual machine/function of repository and the first consolidated application repository are synchronized and the synchronizing includes synchronizing information for use only in providing a particular service to a particular user, and does not include synchronizing information for providing services other than the instance of the particular service and does not include synchronizing information for providing services to users other than the particular user;

wherein the virtual machine/function of repository is deleted upon receiving a request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user.

8. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 7, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing dynamic security and policy functionality.

9. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 7, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing schema adaption functionality for correctly representing a data schema for the particular service.

10. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 7, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing at least one functionality chosen from the group of functionalities consisting of alarm, indexing, backup, change log and certificate functionality.

11. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 7, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises writing new information from the virtual machine/function of repository to the first consolidated application repository.

12. The tangible computer-usable medium of claim 7, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises reading new information from the first consolidated application repository for recording in the virtual machine/function of repository.

13. A network backend, comprising:

a processor;

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

creating a plurality of consolidated application repositories in a network backend, including a first consolidated application repository containing information used in a plurality of network services having similar requirements, the information relating to a plurality of users; and

synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with a virtual machine/function of repository in a front end of the network, the virtual machine/function of repository being dynamically instantiated upon a request to provision an instance of a particular service for a particular user and being accessible for providing the particular service to the particular user, wherein the synchronizing includes synchronizing information for use only in providing a particular service to a particular user, and does not include synchronizing information for providing services other than the instance of the particular service and does not include synchronizing information for providing services to users other than the particular user, wherein the virtual machine/function of repository is deleted upon receiving a request to discontinue the particular service for the particular user.

14. The network backend of claim 13, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing dynamic security and policy functionality.

15. The network backend of claim 13, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing schema adaption functionality for correctly representing a data schema for the particular service.

16. The network backend of claim 13, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises providing at least one functionality chosen from the group of functionalities consisting of alarm, indexing, backup, change log and certificate functionality.

17. The network backend of claim 13, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises writing new information from the virtual machine/function of repository to the first consolidated application repository.

18. The network backend of claim 13, wherein synchronizing the first consolidated application repository with the virtual machine/function of repository further comprises reading new information from the first consolidated application repository for recording in the virtual machine/function of repository.