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Method for diagnosing a fault of digital exchanger
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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Filing: 1996-08-05
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Granted: 1998-01-27
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Expires: 2016-08-05
Abstract
Abstract In the present invention, an expert system is coupled to the fault management function of a switching system for diagnosing various faults which occur in an electronic switching system and an interface module is coupled to the expert system, so that a user can diagnose a fault of the switching system and monitor a result of the fault. The expert system of the present invention has a knowledge base including information relating to faults of the switching system and when a fault occurs in the switching system, the expert system outputs information of the fault occurrence to a multimedia screen so that a user can recognize a fault immediately and diagnose the fault of the switching system.
Inventors
- 👤 Sang-Ho Lee
- 👤 Jeoung-Lak Ha
- 👤 Sung-Hee Kim
- 👤 Young-Tack Park
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 11:09
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/08; H04Q; H04Q1/00; H04Q1/18; H04Q1/20; H04M3/22; H04M3/24; H04M3/247
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A method for diagnosing fault messages using a fault diagnosis expert system in an electronic switching system comprising: searching rules corresponding to each fault message of the electronic switching system among all fault messages and creating a table of a relationship between the searched rules and each fault message; creating a window on a multimedia screen for each fault message; inputting one of the fault messages; requiring an input of initial information corresponding to the inputted fault message; inputting initial information in accordance with questions from the fault diagnosis expert system; executing applicable rules from rules which are searched by the fault diagnosis expert system; selecting a message and questioning the user via an interface module; executing an operation in accordance with the questions presented by the fault diagnosis expert system and inputting results so that the interface module transfers the user's response relating to the questions to the fault diagnosis expert system; and determining whether the handling of the fault message is completed and outputting the result to the created window.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
172 words
A method for diagnosing fault messages using a fault diagnosis expert system in an electronic switching system comprising: searching rules corresponding to each fault message of the electronic switching system among all fault messages and creating a table of a relationship between the searched rules and each fault message; creating a window on a multimedia screen for each fault message; inputting one of the fault messages; requiring an input of initial information corresponding to the inputted fault message; inputting initial information in accordance with questions from the fault diagnosis expert system; executing applicable rules from rules which are searched by the fault diagnosis expert system; selecting a message and questioning the user via an interface module; executing an operation in accordance with the questions presented by the fault diagnosis expert system and inputting results so that the interface module transfers the user's response relating to the questions to the fault diagnosis expert system; and determining whether the handling of the fault message is completed and outputting the result to the created window.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein: the fault diagnosis expert system performs feedback to the executing applicable rules when handling of the inputted fault message is not completed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method according to the claim 1, wherein: the fault diagnosis expert system, in requiring an input of initial information, outputs a general explanation of the fault message and additionally a moving picture and voice in accordance with the input of the initial information.
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