US 11,818,015 B2
Device management
Jason Thomas Sterne, Ottawa (CA); Richard Kent Foote, Mississauga (CA); and Lori-Ann Mcgrath, Stittsville (CA)
Assigned to Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197876 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 41/14 (2022.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC H04L 41/145 (2013.01) [G06F 16/2379 (2019.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
maintain, for an object of a communication device, a first data model of the object and a second data model of the object, wherein the first data model of the object is a vendor-neutral data model and the second data model of the object is a vendor-specific data model, wherein at least one of the first data model of the object is augmented to support use of a first reference identifying the second data model of the object or the second data model of the object is augmented to support use of a second reference identifying the first data model of the object;
identify, for the object based on at least one of identification of the first reference in a first set of instance data of the object that is based on the first data model of the object or identification of the second reference in a second set of instance data of the object based on the second data model of the object, a linking between the first set of instance data of the object based on the first data model of the object and the second set of instance data of the object based on the second data model of the object, wherein the linking is indicative that the first set of instance data of the object based on the first data model of the object and the second set of instance data of the object based on the second data model of the object are each configured for managing the object of the communication device; and
initiate, based on the linking being indicative that the first set of instance data of the object based on the first data model of the object and the second set of instance data of the object based on the second data model of the object are each configured for managing the object of the communication device, a management action for the communication device that is based on at least one of application of the first set of instance data of the object based on the first data model of the object or application of the second set of instance data of the object based on the second data model of the object.