System and method for managing electronic interactions based on defined relationships

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10187388-B2
Application number	US-201514645454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2015
Priority date	Mar 12, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that includes receiving first input defining a relationship between first and second entities, generating a first rule based on the first input, wherein the first rule determines accessibility of a networked service, and associating the first rule with the relationship. The first rule modifies settings of a service management infrastructure to effectuate the first rule in accordance with the relationship, wherein the service management infrastructure provides access to the networked service based on the accessibility. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
providing to equipment of a first party and equipment of a second party, by a processing system comprising a processor, information concerning selection of selectable characteristics, wherein the selectable characteristics pertain to a social relationship between the first party and the second party, wherein the selectable characteristics comprise fixed attributes and dynamic attributes, wherein the fixed attributes include fixed party information, and wherein the dynamic attributes include dynamic party information;
determining, by the processing system, a first determined persona from a first plurality of personas for the first party and a second determined persona from a second plurality of personas for the second party based on a present interaction between the first party and the second party, wherein the first determined persona and the second determined persona are related based on the social relationship between the first party and the second party, wherein the first plurality of personas for the first party include a first root identity for the first party and the second plurality of personas for the second party include a second root identity for the second party, and wherein first additional personas of the first plurality of personas are linked to the first root identity and second additional personas of the second plurality of personas are linked to the second root identity;
determining, by the processing system, an interrelationship between the first additional personas and the second additional personas based on the first root identity and the second root identity;
generating, by the processing system, responsive to the determining the interrelationship between the first additional personas and the second additional personas, a first rule according to both first selections of the selectable characteristics received from the equipment of the first party and according to the first determined persona and second selections of the selectable characteristics received from the equipment of the second party and according to the second determined persona;
associating, by the processing system, the first rule with the social relationship between the first party and the second party, wherein the first rule modifies settings of a network element to effectuate the first rule, wherein the network element provides a network-accessible service, and wherein the settings modified by the first rule restrict data accessibility of the network-accessible service;
storing, by the processing system, the first rule in association with the social relationship between the first party and the second party;
configuring, by the processing system, infrastructure equipment based on the first rule resulting in configured infrastructure equipment that supports access to the network element in accordance with the first rule; and
providing, by the processing system, access to the network-accessible service via the configured infrastructure equipment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first selections comprise a behavior, a trait, an expectation, a norm, or a combination thereof of the social relationship between the first party and the second party, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the processing system, a request to access the network-accessible service;
identifying, by the processing system, the first party, the second party, or both parties from the request to access the network-accessible service;
identifying, by the processing system, the social relationship based on the identifying of the first party, the second party, or both parties; and
retrieving, by the processing system, the first rule in response to the identifying of the social relationship.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first rule comprises one of a instructions to configure the infrastructure equipment, executable code that configures the infrastructure equipment or both, the method further comprising, receiving, by the system, messages indicating an acceptance of the first rule by the equipment of the first party and the equipment of the second party, and wherein the configuring of the infrastructure equipment is in response to the receiving of the messages indicating the acceptance of the first rule.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processing system, an update of the first rule;
generating, by the processing system, a second rule based on the update;
associating, by the processing system, the second rule with the social relationship between the first party and the second party, wherein the second rule modifies settings of the network element to effectuate the second rule;
receiving, by the processing system, a second request to access the network-accessible service;
determining, by the processing system, that the second request to access the network-accessible service is associated with the social relationship;
retrieving, by the processing system, the second rule in response to the determining that the request is associated with the social relationship;
reconfiguring, by the processing system, the network element based on the second rule resulting in reconfigured infrastructure equipment that supports access to the network element in accordance with the second rule; and
providing, by the processing system, access to the network-accessible service via the reconfigured infrastructure equipment.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising modifying the first rule based on the dynamic attributes, wherein the dynamic attributes comprise a location, a business group ID, a personal group ID, hardware type and/or hardware ID, date, time, other environmental attributes, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processing system, a credential from the equipment of the first party or a trusted credentialing authority; and
authorizing, by the processing system, access to the network-accessible service based on the credential, wherein the configuring of the network element is in response to the authorizing of the access.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the providing of the access to the network-accessible service via the reconfigured infrastructure equipment in accordance with the first rule is responsive to the request received from communication equipment of the first party, wherein the providing of the access to the network-accessible service via the reconfigured infrastructure equipment in accordance with the second rule is responsive to the request received from communication equipment of the second party, and wherein the first rule differs from the second rule.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein a network service provider provides one of the network-accessible service, the network element, the infrastructure equipment that supports access to the network element, or a combination thereof.

9. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving preferences from equipment of a first party, from equipment of a second party, or from both equipment, wherein the preferences define a social relationship between the first party and the second party, and wherein the preferences comprise fixed attributes and dynamic attributes, wherein the fixed attributes include fixed party information, and wherein the dynamic attributes include dynamic party information;
receiving a first determined persona from a first plurality of personas for the first party and a second determined persona from a second plurality of personas for the second party based on a present interaction be

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp
• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Higgins Robert M
• Cartaya Julio
• Siegel Steven A

Classifications

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04L41/0893

  Assignment of logical groups to network elements · CPC title

• H04L63/10 Primary

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• H04L41/0894

  Policy-based network configuration management · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title