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Meta-service activating interface between a customer administrative system and database network elements of a communications network
Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology LLC
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Filing: 1998-07-20
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Granted: 2001-03-06
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Expires: 2018-07-20
Abstract
Abstract A customer administrative system of a wireless communications system is interfaced with one or more system database network elements to support single command meta-service activation and management tasks. In this regard, a meta-service comprises a package of individual services. An agent is included in the interface to process single meta-service command for handling by the database network elements. The database network elements supporting the individual services implicated by the meta-service command are identified and are issued appropriately formatted, device specific commands for effectuating the meta-service activation or management task. In the event that each implicated database network element cannot successfully complete the requisite meta-service activation or management task, the service provision state of each implicated database network element is rolled-back to a service provision state prior to receipt of the meta-service command.
Inventors
- 👤 Roch Glitho
- 👤 Christophe Gourraud
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:24
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W4/00; H04L; H04L41/00; H04L41/04; H04L41/044; H04L41/046; H04W24/00; H04W24/02; H04W8/00; H04W8/18; H04W88/00; H04W88/18; H04W92/00; H04W92/02; H04W92/16; H04W92/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A system, comprising: a customer administrative system operating to issue a single processing task command concerning a meta-service; a plurality of database network elements of a communications system, the database network elements supporting individual services, certain ones of those individual services being packaged together to form the meta-service; and an interface between the customer administrative system and each of the plurality of database network elements, the interface including an agent functionality responsive to the issued meta-service processing task command for identifying the certain individual services implicated thereby, identifying the database network elements supporting those identified certain individual services, and issuing device specific commands to each of those identified database network elements, wherein the issued device specific commands specify processing actions to be taken by the identified database network elements with respect to the identified certain individual services.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
137 words
A system, comprising: a customer administrative system operating to issue a single processing task command concerning a meta-service; a plurality of database network elements of a communications system, the database network elements supporting individual services, certain ones of those individual services being packaged together to form the meta-service; and an interface between the customer administrative system and each of the plurality of database network elements, the interface including an agent functionality responsive to the issued meta-service processing task command for identifying the certain individual services implicated thereby, identifying the database network elements supporting those identified certain individual services, and issuing device specific commands to each of those identified database network elements, wherein the issued device specific commands specify processing actions to be taken by the identified database network elements with respect to the identified certain individual services.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system as in claim 1 wherein the communications network comprises a wireless telecommunications network and the database network elements comprise home location registers of the wireless telecommunications network.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system as in claim 2 wherein the communications network further comprises an Internet data communications network and the database network elements comprise Internet service nodes of the Internet data communications network.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as in claim 1 wherein the specified processing actions to be taken by the identified database network elements comprise certain individual service activation actions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as in claim 1 wherein the specified processing actions to be taken by the identified database network elements comprise certain individual service management actions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
134 words
An interface between a customer administrative system and a plurality of database network elements of a communications network, the interface including an agent functioning to: receive a single processing task command concerning a meta-service; identify certain individual services implicated by the meta-service single processing task command; identify certain ones of the plurality of database network elements which support those identified certain individual services; generate implementation commands, wherein each of the generated implementation commands is specifically tailored to be understood by one of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; and issue the generated implementation commands to the identified certain ones of the database network elements, wherein the issued implementation commands specify processing actions to be taken by the identified certain ones of the database network elements concerning the identified certain individual services.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
134 words
An interface between a customer administrative system and a plurality of database network elements of a communications network, the interface including an agent functioning to: receive a single processing task command concerning a meta-service; identify certain individual services implicated by the meta-service single processing task command; identify certain ones of the plurality of database network elements which support those identified certain individual services; generate implementation commands, wherein each of the generated implementation commands is specifically tailored to be understood by one of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; and issue the generated implementation commands to the identified certain ones of the database network elements, wherein the issued implementation commands specify processing actions to be taken by the identified certain ones of the database network elements concerning the identified certain individual services.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The interface as in claim 6 wherein the communications network comprises a wireless telecommunications network and the database network elements comprise home location registers of the wireless telecommunications network.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The interface as in claim 7 wherein the communications network further comprises an Internet data communications network and the database network elements comprise Internet service nodes of the Internet data communications network.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
89 words
The interface as in claim 6 wherein the agent further functions to: receive confirmation from the database network elements concerning successful completion of the specified processing actions; determine whether a confirmation has been received from each of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; and issue a service provision 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 identified certain ones of the database network elements.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The interface as in claim 6 wherein the agent function to generate further functions to generate each implementation command in a machine dependent language for the identified certain ones of the database network elements.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
The interface as in claim 6 wherein the agent function to generate converts the meta-service single processing task command from a machine independent language into a plurality of implementation commands each having a machine dependent language for the identified certain ones of the database network elements.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for interfacing a customer administrative system and a plurality of database network elements of a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a single processing task command from the customer administrative system concerning a meta-service; identifying certain individual services implicated by the meta-service single processing task command; identifying certain ones of the plurality of database network elements which support those identified certain individual services; generating implementation commands, wherein each of the generated implementation commands is specifically tailored to be understood by one of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; and issuing the generated implementation commands to the identified certain ones of the database network elements, wherein the issued implementation commands specify processing actions to be taken by the identified certain ones of the database network elements concerning the identified certain individual services.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for interfacing a customer administrative system and a plurality of database network elements of a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a single processing task command from the customer administrative system concerning a meta-service; identifying certain individual services implicated by the meta-service single processing task command; identifying certain ones of the plurality of database network elements which support those identified certain individual services; generating implementation commands, wherein each of the generated implementation commands is specifically tailored to be understood by one of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; and issuing the generated implementation commands to the identified certain ones of the database network elements, wherein the issued implementation commands specify processing actions to be taken by the identified certain ones of the database network elements concerning the identified certain individual services.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method as in claim 12 wherein the communications network comprises a wireless telecommunications network and the database network elements comprise home location registers of the wireless telecommunications network.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as in claim 13 wherein the communications network further comprises an Internet data communications network and the database network elements comprise Internet service nodes of the Internet data communications network.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
88 words
The method as in claim 12 further including the steps of: receiving confirmation from the database network elements concerning successful completion of the specified processing actions; determining whether a confirmation has been received from each of the identified certain ones of the database network elements; and issuing a service provision 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 identified certain ones of the database network elements.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method as in claim 12 wherein the step of generating further comprises the step of generating each implementation command in a machine dependent language for the identified certain ones of the database network elements.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method as in claim 12 wherein the step of generating further comprises the step of converting the meta-service single processing task command from a machine independent language into a plurality of implementation commands each having a machine dependent language for the identified certain ones of the database network elements.
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