Automated Service Orchestration Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current service layer technologies lack the ability to dynamically coordinate service nodes and capabilities across a network, leading to manual intervention for service management, and fail to support self-orchestration, application-specific orchestration, and dynamic configuration of service capabilities.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of automated service orchestration systems that configure and coordinate service nodes, layers, and capabilities using hierarchically related orchestration profiles and management functions to dynamically manage and orchestrate services across a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual service management is used, then service configuration and coordination can be performed with existing technology, but service management efficiency is low and requires continuous human intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through automated service orchestration that enables service nodes to automatically configure, coordinate, and manage themselves without human intervention. The service orchestration profile contains automated logic that allows the system to perform service management tasks autonomously, including service deployment, configuration, and coordination across distributed service nodes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining service orchestration profiles that contain all necessary configuration information, service capability descriptions, and coordination rules before service deployment. These profiles are created in advance and stored in a repository, enabling automated orchestration to execute pre-planned service management actions without requiring real-time human decision-making.
2Adaptability or versatility
If standardized service layer technologies are used, then interoperability and compatibility are improved, but flexibility for application-specific orchestration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments service configuration into multiple hierarchical levels including service layer profiles, service capability profiles, and service instance profiles. Each profile type handles specific aspects of service configuration, allowing standardized interfaces at each level while enabling complex application-specific orchestration through composition of these segmented profile elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality through a multi-functional service orchestration profile framework that can accommodate different service types, deployment scenarios, and application requirements using the same underlying profile structure. The profile system provides standardized mechanisms that work across diverse service configurations, reducing complexity while maintaining adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic service configuration is implemented, then service adaptability to application needs is improved, but service management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the nested doll principle through a hierarchical profile structure where service layer profiles contain references to service capability profiles, which in turn contain references to service feature profiles. This nested organization allows dynamic service configuration at multiple levels while managing complexity through hierarchical abstraction, where higher-level profiles coordinate lower-level details.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses service orchestration profiles as intermediaries between service management requirements and actual service configuration. The profiles act as mediator artifacts that translate high-level service deployment intentions into detailed configuration instructions, reducing the complexity of direct service management while enabling dynamic configuration through profile instantiation and parameterization.
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AI summary
A system is disclosed for orchestrating services. Service orchestration profiles specify attributes defining desired services. The service orchestration profiles may be distributed amongst nodes and hierarchically related to each other. Service orchestration management functions process the information in the service orchestration profiles in order to determine the desired services and use the information to implement the desired services. The service orchestration management functions may be hierarchically related to each other.