Customer administrative system management of redundant database network elements in a telecommunications system

Claim 2

A service order gateway node between a data input device and a plurality of database network elements of a wireless communications system each storing subscriber permanent and temporary data, the service order gateway node comprising logic for supporting communications between the data input device and the plurality of database network elements, the service order gateway node's logic functioning to: receive a request from the data input device to update permanent data that is redundantly stored in certain ones of the plurality of database network elements; identify the certain ones of the plurality of database network elements that must be redundantly updated in order to respond to the received request; generate data update messages, wherein each of the generated data update messages is specifically tailored to be understood by one of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; and transmit the generated data update messages from the service order gateway node to contact each of the identified certain ones of the database network elements without passing through another database network element to effectuate redundant permanent data updating in response to the received request.

Claim 3

The service order gateway as in claim 1 wherein the data input device comprises a customer administrative system for a telecommunications network.

Claim 4

The service order gateway as in claim 2 wherein the database network elements comprise home location registers of the telecommunications network.

Claim 5

The service order gateway as in claim 1 wherein the logic further functions to: receive confirmation from the certain database network elements of an updating of the stored permanent data in response to the received request; determine whether a confirmation has been received from each of the certain database network elements; and issue a data state roll-back command message to each database network element from which a confirmation was received if the determination is made that a confirmation has not been received from each of the certain database network elements.

Claim 6

The service order gateway as in claim 1 wherein the logic function to generate further functions to generate each data update message in a machine dependent language for the identified certain database network elements.

Claim 9

The method as in claim 6 wherein the data input device comprises a customer administrative system for a telecommunications network.

Claim 10

The method as in claim 7 wherein the database network elements comprise home location registers of the telecommunications network.

Claim 11

The method as in claim 6 further including the steps of: receiving confirmation from the certain database network elements of an updating of the stored permanent data in response to the received request; determining whether a confirmation has been received from each of the certain database network elements; and issuing a data state roll-back command message to each database network element from which a confirmation was received if the determination is made that a confirmation has not been received from each of the certain database network elements.

Claim 12

The method as in claim 6 wherein the step of generating comprises the step of generating each data update message in a machine dependent language for the identified certain database network elements.

Claim 13

A service order gateway node between a data input device and a plurality of database network elements of a wireless communications system each storing subscriber permanent and temporary data, the service order gateway node comprising logic for supporting a consistency check between permanent data stored in the plurality of database network elements, the service order gateway node's logic functioning to: receive a request from the data input device to check the consistency of certain permanent data that is redundantly stored in the plurality of database network elements; identify certain ones of the plurality of database network elements that contain the certain permanent data identified in the received request; generate query messages requesting the certain permanent data, wherein each of the generated query messages is specifically tailored to be understood by one of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; transmit the generated data update messages from the service order gateway node to contact each of the identified certain ones of the database network elements without passing through another database network element to effectuate an extraction of the certain permanent data; and compare the extracted certain permanent data to identify any inconsistencies therebetween.

Claim 14

A service order gateway node between a data input device and a plurality of database network elements of a wireless communications system each storing subscriber permanent and temporary data, the service order gateway node comprising logic for supporting a consistency check between permanent data stored in the plurality of database network elements, the service order gateway node's logic functioning to: receive a request from the data input device to check the consistency of certain permanent data that is redundantly stored in the plurality of database network elements; identify certain ones of the plurality of database network elements that contain the certain permanent data identified in the received request; generate query messages requesting the certain permanent data, wherein each of the generated query messages is specifically tailored to be understood by one of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; transmit the generated data update messages from the service order gateway node to contact each of the identified certain ones of the database network elements without passing through another database network element to effectuate an extraction of the certain permanent data; and compare the extracted certain permanent data to identify any inconsistencies therebetween.

Claim 15

The service order gateway as in claim 11 wherein the data input device comprises a customer administrative system for a telecommunications network.

Claim 16

The service order gateway as in claim 12 wherein the database network elements comprise home location registers of the telecommunications network.

Claim 17

The service order gateway as in claim 11 wherein the logic further functions to correct identified inconsistencies between the extracted and compared certain permanent data.

Claim 18

The service order gateway as in claim 11 wherein the logic function to generate further functions to generate each query message in a machine dependent language for the identified certain database network elements.

Claim 21

The method as in claim 16 wherein the data input device comprises a customer administrative system for a telecommunications network.

Claim 22

The method as in claim 17 wherein the database network elements comprise home location registers of the telecommunications network.

Claim 23

The method as in claim 16 further including the step of correcting identified inconsistencies between the extracted and compared certain permanent data.

Claim 24

The method as in claim 16 wherein the step of generating comprises the step of generating each query message in a machine dependent language for the identified certain database network elements.