US 12,341,657 B2
Automating provisioning of configuration templates
Aaditya Dharampurikar, Indore (IN); Rahul Gupta, Indore (IN); Abhishek Singh, San Mateo, CA (US); Biplav Kumar, Tokyo (JP); and Ashutosh Das, Indore (IN)
Assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/043,043
Filed by Rakuten Symphony, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/010269
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/147791, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0430163 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/084 (2022.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0843 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0879 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automating provisioning of configuration templates, comprising:
providing user access to a Configuration Template User Interface (UI) for creating one or more configuration templates,
wherein the providing user access to the Configuration Template UI further includes presenting a status associated with the one or more configuration templates of active or draft, wherein the presenting the status of active indicates a first of the one or more configuration templates has been associated with a northbound entity for configuring one or more network devices or network functions, and wherein the presenting the status of draft indicates a second of the one or more configuration templates has been created, but has not been has been associated with the northbound entity;
receiving input on the Configuration Template UI to create the one or more configuration templates;
receiving a trigger to initiate configuration of the one or more network devices or functions, the trigger including one or more Template Identifiers (IDs) corresponding to the one or more configuration templates;
generating one or more configuration files based on the one or more Template IDs corresponding to the one or more configuration templates; and
sending the one or more configuration files to the one or more network devices or functions, the one or more network devices or functions associated with the one or more Template IDs corresponding to the one or more configuration templates.