Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090055427 | Cloning policy using templates and override cloned policy - A method for creating a newly configured policy comprises a plurality of operations. An operation is performed for receiving a policy creation request including identification information corresponding to a template policy, override information corresponding to the template policy and override information corresponding to a policy referenced by the template policy. An operation is performed for facilitating cloning of a new referenced policy in accordance with the override information corresponding to the referenced policy. An operation is performed for assigning the new referenced policy to a configuration of the template policy. An operation is performed for facilitating cloning of a new policy in accordance with the override information corresponding to the template policy, the template policy configuration and the assigned new referenced policy. | 02-26-2009 |
20110202865 | PERSPECTIVE VIEW - A method is provided for displaying a graphical user interface to a user. The graphical user interface includes a perspective, which is an arrangement of areas, each area containing at least one portlet which presents one aspect of stored information. The graphical user interface allows a user to easily switch between different perspectives, each perspective presenting a different layout of areas. Within each area, different portlets can be made visible using tabs to switch between the portlets. A new portlet can also be created within an area, as long as that type of portlet is allowed in that particular area. The invention allows a user to easily manage the view of many pieces of information without the clutter usually associated with many windows. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202873 | MENU LAUCHING STRUCTURE - A method is provided for acting on a selected menu item. The menu items are defined so as to have associated with them a label, a launch type, and a parameter. Depending on the launch type of a selected menu item, different actions are taken and the parameter is used in different ways. If the launch type indicates that a list or a form is to be presented upon selection of a menu item, then the parameter is passed as an input to a list or form subsystem. If the launch type indicates that an action specific to the selected menu item is to be performed, then a pre-defined function within an object representing the entity indicated by the selected menu item is called, the name of the pre-defined function being determined from the value of the parameter. The method of defining and acting on menu items allows both common functions and functions specific to a menu item to be associated with menu items. | 08-18-2011 |
20110276530 | MANAGED OBJECT SUPPORT - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: determining, at a policy and charging rules node, that the policy and charging rules node should perform a policy decision; comparing a criteria portion of at least one rule of a plurality of rules to a set of context information; identifying a rule of the plurality of rules that matches the set of context information; determining that a result portion of the identified rule includes a reference to a first managed object; and using the first managed object as at least part of a result of the policy decision. | 11-10-2011 |
20110307790 | EXTENDING REVALIDATION-TIME OF DIAMETER SESSIONS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a Policy Charging and Control Node (PCRN) for updating a session associated with a subscriber in response to an event. The method may include receiving at the PCRN an event message indicating that an event has occurred within the session; retrieving subscriber information including at least one incremental value associated with the event for the subscriber; determining an updated value based on the at least one retrieved incremental value and at least one reference value; and responding to the event message with an update message including the updated value. Various exemplary embodiments may further include configuring a subscriber profile repository to include at least one incremental value and terminating the session if the subscriber is not allowed to use incremental updates or no incremental value is defined for the subscriber. | 12-15-2011 |
20120005358 | RETURN OF MULTIPLE RESULTS IN RULE GENERATION - Various embodiments relate to a Policy Charging and Rules Node (PCRN) and a related method and machine-readable medium for retrieving multiple results in response to a message. The PCRN may receive a message and, through handling the received message, may make a policy decision. The policy decision may require the PCRN to retrieve multiple related results. The PCRN may thereafter refer to a data arrangement that includes a rule set with at least one rule with multiple values. Based on the policy decision, the PCRN may retrieve the at least one rule. The PCRN may compile the rule from the rule set and may generate an answer message including at least one of these values included in the rule. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005607 | FLOATING WINDOW - A method is provided for creating a floating window in a perspective view of data, such as network management data. The floating window can be moved freely about the perspective and resized, thereby allowing other data of importance which is tied to areas of the perspective to be seen. Portlets, containing aspects of data, can be located in the floating window. The floating window in modal mode is particularly useful for requiring a user to interact with or view data without being able to interact with data in the rest of the perspective. The floating window can also be created in non-modal mode, which allows a user to move portlets from existing areas to the more flexible floating window. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005618 | SUBFORMS - A method is provided for displaying subforms in a perspective having areas and portlets. An entity represented by a portlet is configured using a form within the portlet. Sub-entities may require configuration as part of configuring the first entity. When a user configures a sub-entity, a subform is opened presenting means of configuring the sub-entity. The subform overlays most of the parent form, making the parent form inaccessible until configuration of the sub-entity is either accepted or cancelled. Using subforms, it is apparent to a user that configuration of the first entity is not complete until all related sub-entities have also been configured. Use of subforms within a portlet also allows other information necessary for configuration of the entity or sub-entities to be viewed by the user. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005620 | INTELLIGENT AUTO-CREATION OF NEW PORTLETS - A method is provided for keeping presentation of information to a minimum. A perspective comprises areas, and each area can have one or more portlets which display information. Each area has an associated list of portlet types that can be instantiated within the area. Each portlet can be manually placed into or out of a locked state. Various portlets can also be in a dirty state if they contain unsaved information, such as in a partially completed form. When a new portlet is to be added to the perspective, first an area which supports creation of that type of portlet is selected. The existing portlets within that area are then examined, and if one exists which is not locked and is not dirty, then it is replaced with the new portlet. If no such existing portlet is eligible for replacement, then the new portlet is created and added to the existing portlets. In this way, portlets in which a user is no longer interested may be replaced with newer portlets of more immediate interest, thereby reducing clutter within the perspective view of the information. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005629 | TIGHTLY COUPLED LISTS AND FORMS FOR CREATING/VIEWING/EDITING DATA - A graphic user interface is provided for displaying list portlets and form portlets within a perspective, the portlets representing data including entities represented in a database. The portlets have various widgets. Portlets are associated with other portlets, such that selection of a widget or of a name in one portlet may open another portlet. In this way, nested portlets can be easily navigated and entities can be configured easily. | 01-05-2012 |
20120250613 | RULES SYSTEM VERSION CLONING - A rules systems version cloning method is disclosed for exporting a rules system version from a first PCRN and importing the rules system version on a second PCRN. The plain text export format is jointly suitable both for review on a display terminal and for data transfer. The rules systems version cloning method is particularly useful for providing a means to propagate a rules system version from a test environment to a working environment, and from a standalone environment to a distributed environment. | 10-04-2012 |
20140335842 | CUSTOMIZABLE TASK EXECUTION FLOW - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a subscriber interface node of providing a service to a subscriber. The method may include: defining a service having an execution flow comprising a plurality of predefined operations; defining a plurality of tasks, each task occurring within one of the predefined operations and comprising a service call to a role of a plug-in representing an external service provider; and executing the operations in the predefined order according to the defined tasks. | 11-13-2014 |