Logical access server comprising access cards which enable service providers to supervise communication operators equipment
First Claim
1. A method for using data stored in an access card, the access card comprising a memory and at least one processor and being a part of a communication server, wherein the access card is adapted for receiving and handling operation requests characterized by the steps of:
- equipping the access card with at least one virtual information base with a certain notation for reading and updating contents of the memory, a fixed communication network address, and an access agent which is a program adapted to retrieve data from the memory and store data in the memory, and then concerning the access card controlling login attempts received through the fixed communication network address, and after a permitted login receiving through the fixed communication network address an operation request related to the contents of the memory, wherein the operation request is disclosed by using said notation, executing the operation request by using the access agent, and sending the results of the operation request executed from the access card through the fixed communication network address.
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Abstract
The invention concerns three kinds of telecommunication equipment: access cards, logical access servers consisting of said access cards, and the network management system (NMS) for supervising the logical access servers. The first item of telecommunication equipment according to the present invention, the access card, is similar to a PCU card. It also includes RAM memory and at least one processor. The access card is equipped with 1) a fixed Internet address, 2) an access agent, 3) at least one management information base (MIB), and optionally 4) a supervisory agent The MIB is a virtual information base, which is used to specify data pieces in data requests. An Internet service provider'"'"'s application communicates with the access agent and requests the data stored in the access card by means of the MIB. The supervisory agent controls logins to the access card and the use of the access card. The second item of telecommunication equipment according to the present invention is the logical access server. Each Internet service provider (ISP) has its own logical access server, which consists of access cards. These access cards may belong to one or more telecommunication servers of an operator. The third item of telecommunication equipment according to the present invention is an NMS for supervising the logical access servers. The NMS enables: the naming of logical access servers, the addition and removal of access cards to logical access servers, and the supervision of logical access servers.
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1. A method for using data stored in an access card, the access card comprising a memory and at least one processor and being a part of a communication server, wherein the access card is adapted for receiving and handling operation requests
characterized by the steps of: -
equipping the access card with at least one virtual information base with a certain notation for reading and updating contents of the memory, a fixed communication network address, and an access agent which is a program adapted to retrieve data from the memory and store data in the memory, and then concerning the access card controlling login attempts received through the fixed communication network address, and after a permitted login receiving through the fixed communication network address an operation request related to the contents of the memory, wherein the operation request is disclosed by using said notation, executing the operation request by using the access agent, and sending the results of the operation request executed from the access card through the fixed communication network address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An access card for a telecommunication server—
- , the access card comprising a memory and at least one processor, wherein the access card is adapted for receiving and handling operation requests,
characterized in that the access card comprises;
at least one virtual information base with a certain notation for retrieving and updating the contents of the memory, and a fixed communication network address, means for controlling login attempts received through the fixed communication network address, means for receiving an operation request through the fixed communication network address, wherein the operation request includes notations in reference to the virtual information base of the access card, an access agent for executing the operation request, wherein the access agent is a program adapted to retrieve data from the memory and store data in the memory, and means for sending results of the executed operation request from the access card through the fixed communication network address. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- , the access card comprising a memory and at least one processor, wherein the access card is adapted for receiving and handling operation requests,
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15. A logical access server locating at a network with telecommunication servers, logical access servers for utilizing the telecommunication servers, a network management system for supervising the logical access servers, and customers using the logical access servers,
characterized in that a logical access server consists of access cards, said access cards belonging to at least one telecommunication server, each access card having a memory and at least one processor and comprising: -
at least one virtual information base with a certain notation for retrieving and updating the contents of the memory a fixed communication network address, means for controlling the login attempts received through the fixed communication network address, means for receiving an operation request through the fixed communication network address, wherein the operation request is disclosed by using the virtual information base of the access card, an access agent for executing the operation request, said access agent being a program adapted to retrieve data from the memory and store data in the memory, and means for sending the results of the executed operation request from the access card from the fixed Internet address of the said access card. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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