Patent ID: 8010642

Claim:
A hardware-containing apparatus for mediating in management orders between a plurality of origin managing devices and a plurality of managed devices in a telecommunications system, the management orders intended to execute management operations over the managed devices, comprising: a communication receiver component arranged to receive a management order from one of the origin managing devices; a management verifier component arranged to determine whether the received management order is an allowed management order by checking whether content of the received management order fits access attributes comprised in a first management access template in relationship with an identifier of the origin managing device, a second management access template in relationship with an identifier of a managed data object affected by the management order, and a third management access template in relationship with an identifier of a managed device affected by the management order; a communication sender component arranged to send an allowed management order to a managed device; and the hardware-containing apparatus is interposed between the plurality of origin managing devices and the plurality of managed devices so as to receive management orders from the plurality of origin managing devices and issue allowed management orders to the plurality of managed devices.