Patent ID: 8452864
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing one or more network-based services in a network, comprising: deploying one or more network resources and one or more software components to the network to implement the one or more network-based services using a logical structure specifying an environment for providing the network based services, the logical structure interrelating the one or more network-based services and one or more corresponding configurations, the logical structure being organized in a hierarchy having a plurality of levels, each level of the hierarchy comprising one or more modular components, the logical structure including dependencies among the modular components; and in response to a command to modify operation of at least one of the one or more modular components corresponding to a particular level of the hierarchy, modifying operation of a corresponding subset of the one or more network resources and the one or more software components in accordance with the dependencies.