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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Rajesh I. Balay, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandramouli Sargor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sachin S. Desai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Francois Lemarchand, Palaiseau, FR;
Amit K. Khetawat, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajesh I. Balay, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandramouli Sargor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sachin S. Desai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Francois Lemarchand, Palaiseau, FR;
Amit K. Khetawat, San Jose, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for managing hierarchically organized subscriber profiles. According to one embodiment, a connection for a subscriber is created based on a service context of the subscriber. A connection request is received from a subscriber of a network service delivery environment. The subscriber is associated with a first-level profile identifier indicative of a service context for the subscriber. One or more other subscribers can be associated with the first-level profile identifier. Lower-level profile identifiers are determined using the first-level profile identifier. The lower-level profile identifiers indicate a set of services that is available to the subscriber during the connection. Creating a connection for the subscriber that enables forwarding of packets based on the lower-level profile identifiers.