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US 8,266,303 B2Granted
Managing network connections
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChuck A. Black, Lin A. Nease
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Abstract
Connections for sources to connect to a network are managed by storing connection profiles identifying network attributes for the connections. Each connection profile includes a status of available or subscribed. Requests for connections are received. If a stored connection profile is available that matches the request, the connection for the matching connection profile is assigned to the source.
Claims21
A method for managing network connections, the method comprising:
- storing connection profiles for connections in a connection database, wherein the connections are connections for network devices to connect to a network, and the connection profiles identify network attributes for the connections and each connection profile includes a status of available indicating that the connection for the connection profile is available to be assigned to one of a plurality of the network devices or a status of subscribed indicating that the connection for the connection profile is reserved for a network device and prevented from being assigned to another network device while the reserved connection is not being used by the network device;
- wherein each connection profile includes a pod and a connection class in the pod, and the pod identifies a set of network devices and the connection class identifies network attributes for the connection;
- receiving a request for a connection needed by a network device, the request including a pod and a connection class for the connection;
- and
- if a stored connection profile is available and matches the pod and connection class of the request, assigning the connection for the matching connection profile to the network device.
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A method comprising:
- storing connection profiles for connections in a connection database, wherein the connections are connections for network devices to connect to a network, and the connection profiles identify network attributes for the connections and each connection profile includes a status of available indicating that the connection for the connection profile is available to be assigned to one of a plurality of the network devices or a status of subscribed indicating that the connection for the connection profile is reserved for a network device and prevented from being assigned to another network device while the reserved connection is not being used by the network device;
- wherein each connection profile is generic to a set of network devices and identifies network attributes for the connection associated with the connection profile;
- receiving a request for a connection needed by a network device, wherein the request includes information for network attributes of the requested connection;
- and
- if a stored connection profile is available and matches the network attributes of the requested connection, assigning the connection for the matching connection profile to the network device.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium including machine readable instructions that are executable by a processor to:
- store connection profiles for connections in a connection database, wherein the connections are connections for network devices to connect to a network, and the connection profiles identify network attributes for the connections and each connection profile includes a status of available indicating that the connection for the connection profile is available to be assigned to one of a plurality of the network devices or a status of subscribed indicating that the connection for the connection profile is reserved for a network device and prevented from being assigned to another network device while the reserved connection is not being used by the network device;
- wherein each connection profile is generic to a set of network devices and identifies network attributes for the connection associated with the connection profile;
- receive a request for a connection needed by a network device, wherein the request includes information for network attributes of the requested connection;
- and
- if a stored connection profile is available and matches the network attributes of the requested connection, assign the connection for the matching connection profile to the network device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.