Patent ID: 7831701

Claim:
A Policy Management Framework Architecture system, comprising: a first Policy Enforcement Point on a server in a network; a first Policy Function on the server in communication with the first Policy Enforcement Point, wherein the first Policy Function applies a first local Policy Rule to the first Policy Enforcement Point; a second Policy Enforcement Point on a server in a network in communication with the first Policy Function; a second Policy Function on the server in communication with the second Policy Enforcement Point; wherein the second Policy Function applies a second local Policy Rule to the second Policy Enforcement Point; a Policy Database comprising the first and second local Policy Rules and accessible by the first and second Policy Functions; wherein the Policy Database determines whether or not a Policy Request is to be enforced at the first Policy Enforcement Point or submitted to the second Policy Enforcement Point; and a Policy Provisioning Server which provides a single access point to the first and second Policy Functions.