Patent ID: 6944183
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A system for managing policy services in an organization, the organization including a first network having a first set of resources and a second network remote from the first network having a second set of resources, the system comprising: a first edge device associated with the first network, the first edge device configured to manage policies for the first network and the first set of resources in accordance with first policy settings stored in a first database; a second edge device associated with the second network, the second edge device configured to manage policies for the second network and the second set of resources in accordance with second policy settings stored in a second database; and a central policy server defining the first and second policy settings and managing the first and second edge devices from a single location, the central policy server being associated with a central database storing configuration information of the first and second edge devices, wherein the central database is organized according to a hierarchical object oriented structure; wherein; the central policy server is configured to transmit, in response to a user command, a first policy settings update to the first edge device for storing in the first database and a second policy settings update to the second edge device for storing in the second database.