Patent ID: 8705401
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for validating a command, comprising: receiving, by a processor, the command, wherein the command is associated with a command source; processing, by the processor, the command for determining a network component for which the command is destined; validating, by the processor, the command according to an attribute, wherein the attribute is associated with the command source, wherein the attribute comprises a command source attribute that is used to determine whether the command is valid in view of a type of the command source, wherein the type of the command source indicates a particular type of command source selected from a group comprising of a provisioning system, a service management system, a network management system, and a billing system, wherein the validating the command comprises: processing the command for identifying a respective actual command structure; comparing the respective actual command structure to a valid command structure; and transmitting, by the processor, the command towards the network component in response to a determination that the command is valid.