Patent ID: 7430495
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, operable on a computer system, for managing and performing an analysis on a home network system containing a plurality of components, the method comprising the steps of: representing selected ones of the plurality of components and the relationship among the components, wherein said selected components are represented as network non-specific entities selected from the group consisting of: Auto-Configuration Server (ACS), Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Home Broadband Router (HBR), Optical Network Termination (ONT), Set-Top Box (STB), Optical Line Termination (OLT), Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Service (VoIPSv), Video on Demand (VoD) Services (VoDSvs) and Real Time Internet Protocol Television Service (RTIPTVSvc), and the relationships represent relations along which events propagate among the selected components, wherein the relationships are selected from the group consisting of: ConnectedViaDSLAM, PeerDSL, ConnectedViaOLT, PeerONT, PeerSTB, ACSConfigures HBR, ACSConfiguresSTB and RunsOnSTB; providing a mapping between a plurality of events and a plurality of observable events occurring among the components, wherein the mapping is represented as a value associating each event with each observable event, and performing the system analysis based on the mapping of events and observable events.