Mechanism to enforce availability preferences and needs of user resources hosted by telecommunication networks

A system for use in a telecommunication network for implementing subscriber availability preferences that govern how clients of the network can use data and resources associated with subscribers of the network, comprising:

• a processor operable to execute software;
• and
• the software operable to:
• establish a set of availability preferences for a subscriber;
• said preferences being based on attribute values;
• translate said availability preferences into one or more availability policies, wherein said policies evaluate events and implement rules based on said events;
• receive a service request for subscriber data and resources;
• generated, at the processor, at least one evaluator to evaluate each of the one or more availability policies by compiling each policy into a different policy evaluator program, wherein each generated evaluator evaluates one availability policy;
• associate each evaluator with one availability policy;
• and
• evaluate, at the processor, each availability policy using the associated evaluator when said availability policy corresponds to the received service request, wherein evaluating an availability policy comprises determining the number of times that the availability policy has been evaluated to determine whether to update an event condition;
• and
• serve requests from said clients for said subscriber data and resources according to said preferences and the evaluated availability policy;
• a policy evaluator adapted to implement policy rules and produce actions and events, wherein said policy evaluator comprises an input event handler operable to generate an event history.

A system for implementing subscriber availability preferences that govern how clients of the network can use data and resources associated with subscribers of the network, comprising:

• a processor operable to execute software;
• and
• the software comprising:
• a policy manager adapted to translate subscriber availability preferences into one or more availability policies, said preferences being based on attribute values, said policies evaluate events and implement rules based on said events, wherein implementation of said rules produces actions and events;
• a policy scheduler adapted to receive events and policy identifiers from said policy manager and execute policies associated with said policy identifiers to produce events and actions;
• an action scheduler adapted to manage and schedule execution of actions produced by said policy scheduler;
• an event manager adapted to register events in association with policies;
• a function handler adapted to execute functions called during policy rule processing;
• and
• a compiler operable to:
• generate at least one evaluator to evaluate each availability policy of the one or more availability policies by compiling each policy into a different policy evaluator program, wherein each generated evaluator evaluates one availability policy;
• and
• associate each evaluator with one availability policy, wherein the policy manager is further operable to evaluate each availability policy using the associated evaluator and evaluating an availability policy comprises determining the number of times that the availability policy has been evaluated to determine whether to update an event condition.

A method for use in a telecommunications network for implementing subscriber availability preferences that govern how clients of the network can use data and resources associated with subscribers of the network, comprising:

• establishing a set of availability preferences for a subscriber, said availability preferences being based on one or more attribute values;
• translating said availability preferences into a plurality of availability policies, wherein the plurality of availability policies evaluate events and implement rules based on said events, and implementation of said rules produces actions and events;
• receiving a service request for subscriber data and resources;
• generating, at a processor, at least one evaluator to evaluate each of the plurality of availability policies by compiling each policy into a different policy evaluator program, wherein each generated evaluator evaluates one availability policy;
• associating each evaluator with one availability policy;
• applying the associated evaluator to evaluate, at the processor, one of the plurality of availability policies using the associated evaluator when said availability policy corresponds to the received service request, wherein evaluating one of the plurality of availability policies comprises determining the number of times that an availability policy has been evaluated to determine whether to update an event condition;
• and
• serving requests from said clients for said subscriber data and resources according to said preferences and the evaluated availability policy.

A method for use in a telecommunications network for implementing subscriber availability preferences that govern how clients of the network can use data and resources associated with subscribers of the network, comprising:

• establishing a set of availability preferences for a subscriber;
• said availability preferences being based on one or more attribute values;
• translating said availability preferences into one or more availability policies, wherein said policies evaluate events and implement rules based on said events, and implementation of said rules produces actions and events;
• receiving a service request for subscriber data and resources;
• generating, at a processor, separate evaluators to evaluate each of the one or more availability policies by compiling each policy into a different policy evaluator program, wherein each generated evaluator evaluates one availability policy;
• associating each evaluator with one availability policy;
• evaluating, at the processor, each availability policy using the associated evaluator when said availability policy corresponds to the received service request, wherein evaluating an availability policy comprises determining the number of times that the availability policy has been evaluated to determine whether to update an event condition;
• and
• serving requests from said clients for said subscriber data and resources according to said preferences and the evaluated availability policy.