Inband Data Gathering with Dynamic Intermediary Route Selections

Abstract

Included are a method to manage subscriptions over a network, where the network may comprise intermediaries, clients, and service providers, and the method may include, receiving a subscription at a network intermediary, the subscription having management application data and having application level header information. The method may further include reviewing the application level header information of the received subscription and redirecting the subscription over the network using the reviewed application level header information.

1 . A method to manage subscriptions over a network, the network comprising intermediaries, clients, and service providers, the method comprising:
 at a network intermediary, receiving a subscription, the subscription having management application data, the subscription having application level header information;   at a network intermediary, reviewing the application level header information of the received subscription; and   at the network intermediary, redirecting the subscription over the network using the reviewed application level header information.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  where the subscription is redirected by the network intermediary to a peer network intermediary. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  where the network intermediary is a simple object access protocol (SOAP) network intermediary and where the subscription is received over a service oriented architecture network. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 after redirecting the subscription, registering the subscription at a registry accessible over a network. 
 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3  where reviewing the application level header information includes, at the network intermediary, querying a SOAP header. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 at a network intermediary, consolidating one or more subscription rules after comparing rules from previously received subscriptions. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 at a network intermediary, waiting for a timeout period to pass and then querying one or more peer network intermediaries to identify a peer intermediary having access to data flows that contain subscription management data. 
 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the received subscription was generated from a client management application and the subscription requests periodic data from a service provider accessible over a network. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 2  where the subscription is redirected to a peer intermediary closer to the service provider than the previous network intermediary managing the subscription. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising reviewing previously received subscription rules at a network intermediary and consolidating duplicate rules for a single subscription. 
     
     
         11 . A method of managing subscriptions over a service oriented architecture network, the method comprising:
 at a service provider, generating subscription management data and sending the generated management data over the service oriented architecture network;   sending the generated management data to a simple object application protocol (SOAP) intermediary;   at the SOAP intermediary, evaluating the subscription management data; and   querying one or more peer SOAP intermediaries to identify a peer intermediary having access to data flows that contain the subscription management data.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising:
 waiting for a timeout period before querying one or more peer SOAP intermediaries. 
 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising:
 sending a request to a peer intermediary to collect data for fulfilling a subscription. 
 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising:
 registering the subscription at a peer SOAP intermediary. 
 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising:
 at the intermediary, identifying and comparing service level indicators for the subscription with a service level agreement for the service level indicators. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising:
 transferring the subscription to a second network intermediary, the second network intermediary using SOAP and serving to collect data from data flows for the subscription. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising:
 updating subscription rules by comparing previously received subscription rules with subsequently received subscription rules. 
 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the updating includes consolidating rules into a single subscription. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11  where a subscription is moved from a first network intermediary to a second network intermediary, the second network intermediary previously sending subscription data to the first network intermediary. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising:
 generating the subscription for subscription management data at a client management application.