KR20060016320A - System and method of automatic change of service configuration by customer self-control - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method that enables a subscriber of a communication service to control a variety of services by setting a policy for a service.

An automatic service policy setting system for a customer according to the present invention includes a web server through which a customer can access and query a service and apply an additional condition policy for the service, and process information input from the customer through the web server. The information management unit for reflecting the information on the directory server or providing the information stored in the directory server to the web server, the policy server for determining whether to execute the policy for the additional condition set by the customer, and the additional condition determined by the policy server. A configuration management unit for changing configuration information of equipment necessary for executing a policy for the network, the directory server for storing and managing the information, and an integrated interface function for the information management unit, the policy server, the configuration management unit, and the directory server It includes an interface module.

Service Policy, Activation, VPN, Profile, Policy Server

Description

System and method of automatic change of service configuration by customer self-control}             

1 is a functional block diagram of an automatic service policy setting system of a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating various profile information used in a system for carrying out the present invention and an association between each profile; FIG.

3 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of automatically setting a service policy of a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating various profile information according to a policy setting for a VPN service.

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110; A web server 120; Information Management Department

121; User manager 122; Service Management Department

123; Policy management unit 130; Policy Server

140; Configuration management unit 150; Directory Server

160; Integrated Interface Module

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically changing a service configuration according to a service policy set by a customer, and more particularly, a subscriber of a communication service can control a variety of services by setting a policy for a service. System and method.

Telecom service providers are trying to meet the needs of each customer by seeking differentiation of services provided to customers by adding various additional functions to each service. The customer may select an add-on or change the setting of the add-on according to the service provided by the customer. The additional function setting for the services provided by the existing communication service providers is configured to store and manage the additional function setting information selected by the customer in a database, and to simply compare the stored information when providing the service. That is, the customer can only select whether to use the additional function for each service, and it is difficult to accept dynamic conditions such as setting more various conditions.

Therefore, if the customer wants to change the setting of the service add-on according to a schedule, there is a problem that a service change request must be made to the communication service provider every time a change is made. In addition, when a customer changes the condition of the additional function or adds a new additional function, the communication service provider has a problem in that the overall structure of the system has to be modified to accommodate the additional function.

An object of the present invention devised to solve the above problems of the prior art is to provide a system and a method for allowing a customer to set various additional conditions for a service to be provided more variously.

Automatic service policy setting system of a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a web server that the customer can access the service query and apply the additional conditions policy for the service,

An information management unit which processes the information input from the customer through the web server and reflects it to a directory server or provides the web server with information stored in the directory server;

A policy server that determines whether or not to execute the policy for additional conditions set by the customer;

A configuration management unit for changing configuration information of equipment required for executing a policy for additional conditions determined by the policy server;

The directory server storing and managing the information;

And an integrated interface module for providing an integrated interface function for the information management unit, the policy server, the configuration management unit, and the directory server.                     

In addition, the automatic service policy setting method of the customer according to an embodiment of the present invention, the information processing unit for processing the information input from the customer through the web server to reflect the directory server or to provide the information stored in the directory server to the web server And a policy server for determining whether to execute the policy for the additional condition set by the customer, and a configuration management unit for changing the configuration information of the equipment required to execute the policy for the additional condition determined by the policy server. In the automatic service policy setting method,

A first step of authenticating a customer accessing the web server through a client system and providing a service list to the authenticated customer client system;

A second step of creating a policy profile including a list of activation profiles according to conditions and execution conditions for executing the policy, and registering with the policy server when any service of the service list is selected and a policy setting is requested;

While monitoring whether the policy condition is satisfied for the service selected by the customer, if the execution condition is satisfied, the configuration of the equipment is adjusted to provide a service of satisfaction policy, and if the policy condition is not satisfactory, the service of policy of dissatisfaction Characterized in that it comprises a third step of adjusting the configuration of the equipment to provide.

Hereinafter, a system and method for automatically setting a service policy of a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a functional block diagram of an automatic service policy setting system of a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system reflects the directory by processing the information input from the customer through the web server 110 and the interface with the web server 110 that the customer can access and query the service and apply the additional condition policy for the service Or the information management unit 120 for providing the contents stored in the directory to the web server 110, the policy server 130 for determining whether to execute the policy for the additional condition set by the customer, and the policy server 130 The configuration management unit 140 for changing the configuration information of the equipment required to execute the policy for the additional additional conditions, the directory server 150 for storing and managing the information required for the system, the information management unit 120 and the policy server 130 And an integrated interface module 160 that provides an integrated interface function for the configuration manager 140 and the directory server 150.

The information management unit 120 generates a user profile for managing user profile information, a service management unit 122 for managing package service profile and single service profile information, and various additional conditions set by the customer as a policy profile. Policy management unit 123 to manage.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between various profile information and each profile used in the system to carry out the present invention.

The customer profile 21 stores information related to the customer and service profile information used by the customer. The customer profile 21 includes a login name, a login password, a company name and a representative director name, a company representative address, and a mail. Includes information such as number, telephone number, fax number, permissions, affiliation class group, service profile in use, and pages loaded upon initial logon.

A service profile is divided into a package service profile 22 and a single service profile 23. The package service profile 22 includes a package service name, a single service profile list constituting the package, and information such as service type. The single service profile 23 includes information such as a single service name, service activity status, service class, service configuration parameter values, a list of policy profiles to be applied, and an activation profile list.

That is, a single service profile contains a list of activation profiles for creating actual services, changing service configuration information, and deleting services. The activation profile 24 includes activation names and actions (add, delete, change). Information such as the type, the type and model of the target device to be configured, the target company, and configuration profile lists with specific configuration commands.

The policy profile 25 manages policy information applied to a service, and has a list of activation profiles with condition information to be executed and details to be executed when a condition is met. That is, the policy profile 25 may be executed when the policy name and policy type (type of quality of service or access control, etc.), the traffic direction, the state of the policy, the priority of policy execution, and the conditions and conditions to be performed by the policy are performed. Includes information such as a breakdown.

The configuration profile 26 includes information such as a configuration profile name and specific configuration command lists.

3 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of automatically setting a service policy of a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The customer accesses the web server provided by the communication service provider and logs in based on the ID and password (S301). When the customer requests a service list provided by the customer (S302), the service list being used by the customer is output (S303). When the customer requests a policy setting to be applied to any service (S304), a policy profile for the corresponding policy is generated (S305). In addition, the policy profile is stored in the directory server through the integrated interface module and registered in the policy server (S306).

As described above, when the customer sets a policy for the service provided by the customer, the client monitors whether the user satisfies the policy condition of the service selected by the user (S307). In order to change the configuration of the actual equipment (S309), if the policy conditions are not satisfied (S308) to change the configuration of the actual equipment to provide a service applying the policy at the time of dissatisfaction (S310).

4 is a diagram illustrating various profile information according to a policy setting for a VPN service.

If Company A is provided with Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN) package service, and this IP-VPN package service includes VPN LAN service, the customer can set a policy for this VPN LAN service. have. At this time, the customer can set a schedule policy that is guaranteed 1Mbps of bandwidth during working hours (9am ~ 6pm), 512Kbps guaranteed bandwidth outside the working hours. With this policy set, the policy server requests the configuration manager to change the bandwidth to 1Mbps if the policy condition of working hours is met, and the configuration manager sends the company A's communication bandwidth to 1Mbps using the actual equipment command. Change to In addition, the policy server requests a configuration change request to the configuration management unit to change the bandwidth to 512Mbps if the policy condition of working hours is not satisfied, and the configuration management unit changes the communication bandwidth of the company A to 512Kbps by using a command of the actual equipment.

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is intended to exemplarily describe the best embodiment of the present invention, but not to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art may make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the communication service provider may set various policies for each customer, thereby increasing customer satisfaction with the service. In addition, since it is possible to automatically resolve the configuration change for service provision according to the policy can reduce the operating cost, there is an effect that can easily accommodate the service change policy.

Claims (6)

A web server where the customer can access the service and apply the additional conditions policy for the service, An information management unit which processes the information input from the customer through the web server and reflects it to a directory server or provides the web server with information stored in the directory server; A policy server that determines whether or not to execute the policy for additional conditions set by the customer; A configuration management unit for changing configuration information of equipment required for executing a policy for additional conditions determined by the policy server; The directory server storing and managing the information; And an integrated interface module providing an integrated interface function for the information management unit, the policy server, the configuration management unit, and the directory server. The method of claim 1, The information manager includes a user manager for managing customer profile information, a service manager for managing package service profile and single service profile information, and a policy manager for generating and managing various additional conditions set by the customer as a policy profile. Automatic service policy setting system. The method of claim 2, The customer profile stores information related to the customer and a list of package service profiles or single service profiles used by the customer, The package service profile stores information such as a package service name, a list of a single service profile constituting the package, a service type, and the like. The single service profile stores a single service name, service activity status, service class and service setting parameter values, a list of policy profiles and activation profiles to be applied, The policy profile stores a policy name, policy type, traffic direction, policy state, policy execution priority, conditions under which the policy is to be executed, and a list of activation profiles that are executed when the conditions are met. The activation profile stores a list of configuration profiles having an activation name, an action type, a setting target device type and a model, a target company, and specific setting commands. The configuration profile is a service policy automatic setting system of a customer, characterized in that for storing information such as a configuration profile name and a list of specific setting commands. The information management unit processes the information input from the customer through the web server and reflects it to the directory server or provides the information stored in the directory server to the web server, and the policy server to determine whether the policy is executed for the additional conditions set by the customer. And, In the automatic policy setting method of the system comprising a configuration management unit for changing the configuration information of the equipment required to execute the policy for the additional condition determined by the policy server, A first step of authenticating a customer accessing the web server through a client system and providing a service list to the authenticated customer client system; A second step of creating a policy profile including a list of activation profiles according to conditions and execution conditions for executing the policy, and registering with the policy server when any service of the service list is selected and a policy setting is requested; While monitoring whether the policy condition is satisfied for the service selected by the customer, if the execution condition is satisfied, the configuration of the equipment is adjusted to provide a service of satisfaction policy, and if the policy condition is not satisfactory, the service of policy of dissatisfaction Method for automatically setting the customer's service policy, characterized in that it comprises a third step of adjusting the configuration of the equipment to provide. The method of claim 4, wherein The first step stores the information related to the customer and a list of package service profiles or single service profiles used by the customer in the customer profile, and then provides the package service profile or single service profile list to the authenticated customer client system. How to automatically set the service policy of the customer. The method of claim 5, wherein The package service profile stores information such as a package service name, a list of a single service profile constituting the package, a service type, and the like. The single service profile stores a single service name, service activity status, service class and service setting parameter values, the policy profile list and activation profile list desired to be applied, The policy profile stores a policy name, policy type, traffic direction, policy state, policy execution priority, conditions under which the policy is to be executed, and a list of activation profiles that are executed when the conditions are met. The activation profile stores a list of configuration profiles having an activation name, an action type, a setting target device type and a model, a target company, and specific setting commands. The configuration profile is a method of automatically setting a service policy of a customer, characterized in that for storing information such as a configuration profile name and a specific set command list.

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