Intent-based service policy declaration and configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025315234-A1
Application number	US-202418625550-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 3, 2024
Priority date	Apr 3, 2024
Publication date	Oct 9, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing services (e.g., the development, deployment, and configuration of services) are disclosed. User intent associated with policy related configurations for computer implemented services are directly and automatically translated into a set of user intended network policy and rules to be applied (e.g., enforced) by the computer implemented services without any need for the user to understand how the policies will be configured and implemented by the service deployment environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for managing services, the method comprising:
obtaining a service management request; parsing the service management request to obtain intent data; using the intent data to obtain one or more policy and rules templates from a policy and rules repository; generating service management instructions using the one or more policy and rules templates and the intent data, the service management instructions comprising a set of user intended network policy and rules; and providing the service management instructions to one or more service devices providing the services to cause the one or more service devices to apply the set of user intended network policy and rules to one or more existing or new instances of the services.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the intent data is associated with at least one of a service visibility configuration, a service accessibility configuration, or a service control configuration of the services.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein parsing the service management request to obtain intent data comprises:
parsing a natural language statement or information associated with a human action or selection included in the service management request, the natural language statement or the information associated with the human action or selection comprising at least one of a service visibility intent, a service accessibility intent, or a service control intent that affects the service visibility configuration, the service accessibility configuration, or the service control configuration, respectively, of the services.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the one or more policy and rules templates comprises at least one of a first symbolic name or a second symbolic name.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the first symbolic name is resolved by a service development tool at a service development time and the second symbolic name is resolved by a continuous delivery/continuous deployment (CD) pipeline at a service deployment time.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of user intended network policy and rules constructed from the one or more policy and rules templates are associated with at least one of public application programming interfaces (APIs), external APIs, internal APIs, or private APIs.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the service management request is obtained from a client device requesting the services provided by the one or more service devices, the one or more existing or new instances of the services applied with the set of user intended network policy and rules are provided to the client device, and the client device does not have access to any policy and rules included in the one or more policy and rules templates stored in the policy and rules repository for guiding a user of the client device during a generation of the service management request.

8 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing services, the operations comprising:
obtaining a service management request; parsing the service management request to obtain intent data; using the intent data to obtain one or more policy and rules templates from a policy and rules repository; generating service management instructions using the one or more policy and rules templates and the intent data, the service management instructions comprising a set of user intended network policy and rules; and providing the service management instructions to one or more service devices providing the services to cause the one or more service devices to apply the set of user intended network policy and rules to one or more existing or new instances of the services.

9 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the intent data is associated with at least one of a service visibility configuration, a service accessibility configuration, or a service control configuration of the services.

10 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein parsing the service management request to obtain intent data comprises:
parsing a natural language statement or information associated with a human action or selection included in the service management request, the natural language statement or the information associated with the human action or selection comprising at least one of a service visibility intent, a service accessibility intent, or a service control intent that affects the service visibility configuration, the service accessibility configuration, or the service control configuration, respectively, of the services.

11 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein each of the one or more policy and rules templates comprises at least one of a first symbolic name or a second symbolic name.

12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first symbolic name is resolved by a service development tool at a service development time and the second symbolic name is resolved by a continuous delivery/continuous deployment (CD) pipeline at a service deployment time.

13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the set of user intended network policy and rules constructed from the one or more policy and rules templates are associated with at least one of public application programming interfaces (APIs), external APIs, internal APIs, or private APIs.

14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the service management request is obtained from a client device requesting the services provided by the one or more service devices, the one or more existing or new instances of the services applied with the set of user intended network policy and rules are provided to the client device, and the client device does not have access to any policy and rules included in the one or more policy and rules templates stored in the policy and rules repository for guiding a user of the client device during a generation of the service management request.

15 . A data processing system comprising:
a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations for managing services, the operations comprising:
obtaining a service management request;
parsing the service management request to obtain intent data;
using the intent data to obtain one or more policy and rules templates from a policy and rules repository;
generating service management instructions using the one or more policy and rules templates and the intent data, the service management instructions comprising a set of user intended network policy and rules; and
providing the service management instructions to one or more service devices providing the services to cause the one or more service devices to apply the set of user intended network policy and rules to one or more existing or new instances of the services.

16 . The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein the intent data is associated with at least one of a service visibility configuration, a service accessibility configuration, or a service control configuration of the services.

17 . The data processing system of claim 16 , wherein parsing the service management request to obtain intent data comprises:
parsing a natural language statement or information associated with a human action or selection included in the service management request, the natural language statement or the information associated wit

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Jofre Juan Pablo
• O'Rourke Patrick Joseph
• Wagle Gauri Anil
• Woods David Kimble
• Geffner Diego Mario
• Garcia Ruben
• Chao Ching-Yun
• Fausak Andrew Raymond

Classifications

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title