Instrumentation and monitoring of service level agreement (SLA) and service policy enforcement

US10263857B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Thomas C. Burke · Richmond, US
• Mario E. De Armas · Wellington, US
• Oswaldo Gago · Coral Springs, US
• Srinivasan Muralidharan · Apex, US
• Gaurang Shah · Cary, US
• Maria E. Smith · Pembroke Pines, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2019
• Expiry date: May 5, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/20
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Source policy identification information of a registry service policy is captured. The source policy identification information includes a source policy identifier (ID), a source policy name, and a source policy uniform resource locator (URL). The captured source policy identification information is correlated with configured policy enforcement processing rules and processing actions using a source policy reference key. Per-transaction service policy enforcement information that documents policy enforcement activities performed by a policy enforcement point (PEP) is captured. The captured per-transaction service policy enforcement information is correlated with the captured source policy identification information using the source policy reference key.