Arranging management operations in management system

• US 8,073,960 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2004
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Hallamaa, Mika, Sahinoja, Mikko, Kaappa, Eero
• Primary Examiner(s): EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A
• Application Number:
  US10/966,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20060020947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,608 Days
• Field of Search: 709223-227, 709/229
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for arranging local operations in a management system, the method comprising: defining a management command addressed to a first node in a management structure of the managed device such that it comprises a command for performing a local operation for a second node of the management structure in the managed device, transmitting the management command to the managed device, defining at least one required local operation on the basis of the received management command, and initiating the defined local operation.

Claims

1. A data processing device, comprising:

a memory for storing at least one management structure comprising or representing manageable objects and including computer program code, and

at least one processor, configured, with the memory and the computer program code, to cause the data processing device at least to

define at least one required local operation to a second node of a management structure of a device being managed on the basis of a device management command or service management command received from a managing device by a device management protocol or service management protocol and addressed to a first node of the management structure, and

carry out the defined local operation to the second node of the management structure.

2. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the received device management command comprises a uniform resource identifier to the first node and a uniform resource identifier to the second node, and

the data processing device is configured to carry out the local operation to the second node on the basis of the uniform resource identifier of the second node.

3. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first node is a local operations node associated with at least one local operation, and

in response to an execution command to the local operations node, the data processing device is configured to carry out the associated local operation for at least one managed object.

4. The data processing device according to claim 3, wherein a sub-node is stored for each local operation, and in response to an execution command to such sub-node, the data processing device is configured to carry out an operation associated with the operation sub-node.

5. The data processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a service management agent for executing service management commands from a service management manager, and further comprising a device management client for executing device management commands from a managing device.

6. The data processing device according to claim 5, wherein the received management command is a device management command and carried out by the device management client to the first node,

the service management agent is configured to identify and/or define the required local operation in response to the execution of the device management command to the first node,

and the service management agent is configured to carry out the required local operation for the second node.

7. The data processing device according to claim 6, wherein the received management command comprises a uniform resource identifier to the second node as a parameter of the management command to the first node,

the device management client is configured, on the basis of the received management command, to submit, to the first node, an execution command comprising the uniform resource identifier to the second node, and

the service management agent is configured to carry out the required local operation for the second node on the basis of the uniform resource identifier of the second node in the execution command.

8. The data processing device according to claim 6, wherein

the service management agent is configured to define at least one local device management command for carrying out the defined local operation,

the service management agent is configured to request or order the device management agent to carry out the at least one local device management command and the device management client is configured to carry out the at least one local device management command, or

the service management agent is configured to carry out the at least one local device management command.

9. The data processing device according to claim 5, wherein the device management client is open mobile alliance device management compliant for carrying out open mobile alliance commands from a device management manager.

10. The data processing device according to claim 5, wherein the management structure comprises a service management level deployment component for which the data processing device is configured to initiate the local operation.

11. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a mobile communications terminal device.

12. A data processing device, comprising:

a memory including computer program code,

at least one processor configured to, with the memory and the computer program code, cause the data processing device at least to define management commands for a managed device including defining at least one device management command or service management command addressed to a first node of a management structure of the managed device such that it comprises a command for arranging a local operation for a second node of the management structure of the managed device or at least an indication of the second node to which the local operation is to be carried out in the managed device, and

a transceiver for transmitting the management command from a managing device by a device management protocol or service management protocol to the managed device.

13. A data processing device according to claim 12, wherein the data processing device comprises a service management manager for issuing service management commands to the managed device and a device management manager configured to transmit device management commands to the managed device.

14. A data processing device according to claim 13, wherein the data processing device is configured to define the device management command on the basis of a service management command or primitive for performing the local operation in the managed device, and

the device management manager is configured to transmit the defined device management command for performing the local operation to the managed device.

15. A data processing device according to claim 12, wherein the data processing device is configured to specify a uniform resource identifier of the second node to the management command besides a uniform resource identifier of the first node.

16. A data processing device according to claim 12, wherein the first node is a local operations node associated with at least one local operation, and

the data processing device is configured to define in the management command an execution command to the first node in response to a need to perform the local operation to the second node.

17. A method comprising:

defining a device management command or service management command addressed to a first node of a management structure of a managed device such that it comprises a command for performing a local operation for a second node of the management structure of the managed device or at least an indication of the second node to which the local operation is to be carried out in the managed device, and

transmitting the management command by a device management protocol or service management protocol from a managing device to the managed device.

18. A method according to claim 17, further including issuing service management commands by a service management manager to the managed device and transmitting device management commands by a device management manager to the managed device.

19. A method according to claim 17, further including defining a device management command on the basis of a service management command or primitive for performing the local operation in the managed device, and

wherein the device management manager transmits the defined device management command for performing the local operation to the managed device.

20. A method according to claim 17, further including specifying a uniform resource identifier of the second node to the management command besides a uniform resource identifier of the first node.

21. A method according to claim 17, wherein the first node is a local operations node associated with at least one local operation, and

further including defining in the management command an execution command to the first node in response to a need to perform the local operation to the second node.

22. A non-transitory data storage medium for storing a computer program downloadable into the memory of a data processing device for a management system, the computer program comprising a computer program code for, when executed in the processor of the data processing device, causing the data processing device to:

define at least one required local operation to a second node in a management structure of a device being managed comprising or representing manageable objects on the basis of a device management command or service management command received from a managing device by a device management protocol or service management protocol and addressed to a first node of the management structure, and

carry out the defined local operation to the second node of the management structure.

23. A non-transitory data storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the first node is a local operations node associated with at least one local operation, and

the data processing device is further caused to carry out the associated local operation for at least one managed object in response to an execution command to the local operations node.

24. A non-transitory data storage medium for storing a computer program product downloadable into the memory of a data processing device for a management system, the computer program comprising a computer program code for, when executed in the processor of the data processing device, causing the data processing device to:

define at least one device management command or service management command addressed to a first node of a management structure of a managed device and transmittable by a device management protocol or service management protocol such that it comprises a command for arranging a local operation for a second node of the management structure of the managed device or at least an indication of the second node to which the local operation is to be carried out in the managed device, and

transmit the at least one device management command or service management command from a managing device to the managed device.

25. A non-transitory data storage medium as claimed in claim 24, wherein the first node is a local operations node associated with at least one local operation, and

the data processing device is further caused to define in the management command an execution command to the first node in response to a need to perform the local operation to the second node.

26. A method comprising:

receiving by a managed device, from a managing device, by a device management protocol or service management protocol a device management command or service management command addressed to a first node of a management structure of the managed device and comprising a command for performing a local operation for a second node of the management structure of the managed device or at least an indication of the second node to which the local operation is to be carried out in the managed device,

defining at least one required local operation to the second node in the management structure on the basis of the received management command to the first node of the management structure, and

initiating the defined local operation to the second node in the management structure.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the received management command comprises a uniform resource identifier to the first node and a uniform resource identifier to the second node, and

further including carrying out the local operation to the second node on the basis of the uniform resource identifier of the second node.

28. The method according to claim 26, wherein the first node is a local operations node associated with at least one local operation, and

in response to an execution command to the local operations node, carrying out the associated local operation for at least one managed object.

29. The method according to claim 28, wherein a sub-node is stored for each local operation, and in response to an execution command to such sub-node, carrying out an operation associated with the operation sub-node.

30. The method according to claim 26, further including executing service management commands from a service management manager by a service management agent, and executing device management commands by a device management client.

31. The method according to claim 30, wherein the received management command is the device management command which is carried out by the device management client to the first node,

the service management agent identifies and/or defines the required local operation in response to the execution of the device management command to the first node,

and the service management agent carries out the required local operation for the second node.

32. The method according to claim 31, wherein the received management command comprises a uniform resource identifier to the second node as a parameter of the management command to the first node,

the device management client, on the basis of the received management command, submits, to the first node, an execution command comprising the uniform resource identifier to the second node, and

the service management agent carries out the required local operation for the second node on the basis of the uniform resource identifier of the second node in the execution command.

33. The method according to claim 31, wherein

the service management agent defines at least one local device management command for carrying out the defined local operation,

the service management agent requests or orders the device management client to carry out the at least one local device management command and the device management client carries out the at least one local device management command, or

the service management agent carries out the at least one local device management command.

34. The method according to claim 30, wherein the management structure comprises a service management level deployment component for which the local operation is initiated.

35. An apparatus comprising:

a memory for storing at least one management structure comprising or representing manageable objects and including computer program code, and

at least one processor configured to, with the memory and the computer program code, cause the apparatus at least to define at least one required local operation to a second node of a management structure of a managed device on the basis of a device management command or service management command received from a managing device by a device management protocol or service management protocol and addressed to a first node of the management structure, and to carry out the defined local operation to the second node in the management structure.

36. An apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the apparatus is a chipset.