Patent ID: 7293080
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically discovering management information about which services are provisioned in a communication network, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: receiving network inventory information representing one or more physical network entities and one or more logical network entities; creating one or more first information elements to represent one or more network elements identified in the network inventory information, wherein the first information elements comprise network element managed objects; identifying one or more second information elements that match the first information elements and are associated with a network service, wherein the second information elements comprise service managed objects; creating a service information element to represent the network service, wherein the service information element has an association to one of the first information elements and the matching second information element; and creating one or more master network element managed objects that trigger creation of corresponding service managed objects when the network element managed objects do not contain information that references one or more service managed objects.