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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Adonny William Raphael, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Robert Rhea Seibel, Waretown, NJ (US);
Adonny William Raphael, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Robert Rhea Seibel, Waretown, NJ (US);
Avaya Inc, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An SSL VPN gateway or other type of secure gateway is operative to control access to an enterprise network of a communication system. The gateway in accordance with an aspect of the invention comprises an alarm manager. The alarm manager receives an alarm from a vendor product that is part of a set of internal resources of the enterprise network, and routes the alarm to an external service provider for processing. The gateway receives from the service provider, responsive to the alarm, a federated identity which encompasses a plurality of technicians, expert systems or other servicing elements of the service provider. The gateway may grant one or more particular servicing elements of the service provider access to the alarm-generating vendor product based on the federated identity.