US 12,476,885 B2
System and method for creating a custom relationship between service specifications
Rajasi Ahuja, Tokyo (JP); and Abhishek Pawankumar Sharma, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/250,353
Filed by Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/053657
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/136859, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0080434 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 41/5051 (2022.01); H04L 41/5054 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/5051 (2013.01) [H04L 41/5054 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a unilateral relationship between a first service specification and a second service specification;
receiving, by the processor, a complimentary relationship between the second service specification and the first service specification;
storing, by the processor, each relationship in a relationship table included in a service catalog;
receiving, by the processor, a payload corresponding to the first service specification, where the payload includes a service specification relationship with the second service specification;
verifying, by the processor, the service specification relationship in the payload correlates with the unilateral relationship stored in the relationship table;
in response to the service specification relationship in the payload correlating with the unilateral relationship stored in the relationship table, verifying, by the processor, whether the complimentary relationship exists in the relationship table; and
in response to the complimentary relationship existing in the relationship table, updating automatically, by the processor, a service corresponding to the second service specification with a service specification relationship with the first service specification.