Multi-level enmeshed directory structures
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsThyagarajan Nandagopal, Thomas Y. Woo
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Abstract
A method for creating a multi-level enmeshed structure is provided. The multi-level enmeshed directory structure of the present embodiments contain objects described by multiple object descriptors, which can be thought of as tags. Each object can be accessed by any one of the descriptors that describe the object and the descriptors of an object are also accessible.
Claims20
A method for generating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure, the method comprising:
- selecting an initial data object;
- creating one or more descriptors associated with the data object wherein each of said descriptors are further associated with one or more corresponding descriptors thereby forming a multi-level relational tree;
- determining the relationship between the one or more descriptors;
- and
- creating a hierarchical structure linking the different levels of descriptors;
- and
- updating a corresponding database.
A network management system communicatively coupled to one or more element management systems adapted to perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure, comprising:
- a processor for executing software instructions received from a memory to perform thereby a method for, the method comprising:
- linking each of a plurality of data objects to multiple respective descriptors, each of said descriptors being linked with one or more predecessor tags;
- and
- identifying a single descriptor that links a list of objects and two or more predecessor descriptors linking a single descriptor to thereby establish the relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the initial data object.
A mesh network system comprising a network manager adapted to manage the mesh network and perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure, the method comprising:
- linking each of a plurality of mesh clients and nodes to multiple respective descriptors, each of said descriptors being linked with one or more predecessor descriptors;
- and
- identifying a single descriptor that links a list of mesh clients and two or more predecessor descriptors linking a single descriptor thereby establishing the relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the initial mesh client.
A computer readable medium for storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors communicatively coupled to a network, perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory structure, comprising:
- linking an object to multiple descriptors describing said object, each of said descriptors being identified by one or more predecessor descriptors linked to the descriptor;
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- identifying a single descriptor that links a list of objects and two or more predecessor descriptors linking a single descriptor.
A content server multicasting to a plurality of client servers in a network system adapted to perform a method for creating a multi-level hierarchical directory, the method comprising:
- linking each of a plurality of client servers to multiple respective descriptors, each of said descriptors being linked with one or more predecessor descriptors wherein a top level predecessor descriptor corresponds to the content server;
- and
- identifying a single descriptor that links a list of client servers and two or more predecessor descriptors linking a single descriptor to thereby establish relationships between different descriptors relative to themselves and to the initial client server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.