Service creation and management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11029994-B2
Application number	US-202016734536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2020
Priority date	Sep 23, 2014
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for service creation and management. A processor can detect an event relating to a service, and access a service creation database to identify a recipe associated with the service. The recipe can define a resource to be used to provide the service. The processor can access an inventory to determine if the resource is available, identify a service control to control the service, instruct an infrastructure control to allocate virtual machines to host components of the service, and issue instructions to the service control. The instructions can instruct the service control to load service functions to the virtual machines.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
detecting, at a service control that controls a service, a capacity event associated with the service,
determining, based on a recipe and based on the capacity event, resources that are needed to provide functionality of a scaled version of the service, the resources comprising a virtual machine,
instructing an infrastructure control to instantiate the virtual machine, wherein the scaled version of the service comprises a service component that provides the functionality of the scaled version of the service, and wherein the virtual machine is instantiated to host the service component, and
loading, by the service control, the service component to the virtual machine.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the capacity event comprises a request to scale up the service.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein instantiating the virtual machine comprises loading, to the virtual machine, an image of a virtual service function corresponding to the service component.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:
instructing a network control to establish network transport to support the service.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the network transport comprises a physical network function and a virtual network function.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:
verifying that the resources are available.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:
reporting an event to an infrastructure data collection analysis and event handler process; and
updating an infrastructure inventory to reflect instantiation of the virtual machine.

8. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
detecting, at a service control that controls a service, a capacity event associated with the service;
determining, based on a recipe and based on the capacity event, resources that are needed to provide functionality of a scaled version of the service, the resources comprising a virtual machine;
instructing an infrastructure control to instantiate the virtual machine, wherein the scaled version of the service comprises a service component that provides the functionality of the scaled version of the service, and wherein the virtual machine is instantiated to host the service component; and
loading, by the service control, the service component to the virtual machine.

9. The computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the capacity event comprises a request to scale up the service.

10. The computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein instantiating the virtual machine comprises loading, to the virtual machine, an image of a virtual service function corresponding to the service component.

11. The computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:
instructing a network control to establish network transport to support the service.

12. The computer storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the network transport comprises a physical network function and a virtual network function.

13. The computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:
verifying that the resources are available.

14. The computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:
reporting an event to an infrastructure data collection analysis and event handler process; and
updating an infrastructure inventory to reflect instantiation of the virtual machine.

15. A method comprising:
detecting, at a service control that controls a service, a capacity event associated with the service;
determining, based on a recipe and based on the capacity event, resources that are needed to provide functionality of a scaled version of the service, the resources comprising a virtual machine;
instructing an infrastructure control to instantiate the virtual machine, wherein the scaled version of the service comprises a service component that provides the functionality of the scaled version of the service, and wherein the virtual machine is instantiated to host the service component; and
loading, by the service control, the service component to the virtual machine.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the capacity event comprises a request to scale up the service.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein instantiating the virtual machine comprises loading, to the virtual machine, an image of a virtual service function corresponding to the service component.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
instructing a network control to establish network transport to support the service.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the network transport comprises a physical network function and a virtual network function.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
reporting an event to an infrastructure data collection analysis and event handler process; and
updating an infrastructure inventory to reflect instantiation of the virtual machine.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Chastain Walter Cooper
• Cariello Frank
• Klein Reuben
• Smith Jr Paul Edward

Classifications

• G06F2009/4557

  Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing · CPC title

• G06F2009/45595

  Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F9/50

  Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] · CPC title

• G06F9/45533

  Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors · CPC title

• G06F9/5077

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title