Method and apparatus for evaluating the cost of operating a network infrastructure

US8612283B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• David G. Belanger · Fryeburg, US
• Sam Houston Parker · Cranbury, US
• Sarat Puthenpura · Berkeley Heights, US
• Simon Tse · Holmdel, US
• Wenjie Zhao · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0637
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A rule-based method and apparatus for evaluating the cost of operating a network infrastructure are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request to evaluate the cost of operating a network infrastructure in a form of one or more rules, e.g., in a natural language format. The one or more rules are translated into at least one cost model. The method then applies the at least one cost model to determine the cost of operating the network infrastructure.