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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2008
Edward S. Pelley, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Thomas A. Palkot, Austin, TX (US);
Edward S. Pelley, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Thomas A. Palkot, Austin, TX (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A service management application and method. In one embodiment, the service management system includes: (1) a service description repository configured to contain service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of end points that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof, the end points being selected from the group consisting of devices and systems and (2) an application associable with the service description repository and configured to compare capabilities of at least one of the end points with required capabilities expressed in at least one role of at least one of the service descriptions and present a service offering to a subscriber based thereon.