Method and system for adapting memory-resident database in flexible service logic execution environment

• US 20050097116A1
• Filed: 11/03/2003
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Tran, Anh Q.
• Granted Patent: US 7,206,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/00 Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems using a coded card to authorise calls from a telephone set H04M1/675
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A method and corresponding system for adapting memory-resident database in flexible service logic execution environment (FSLEE) provides certain features to be incorporated with FSLEE. FSLEE is a framework that supports services, such as processing logic services and telephony services. The method implements FSLEE support for memory based database environments (MBEs), and stores data in a resident memory for the services to improve database access speed.

Claims

1. A method for adapting memory-resident database in a flexible service logic execution environment (FSLEE), comprising the steps of:

constructing a service table in an FSLEE application;

providing a memory based database environment (MBE) indicator to the service table;

setting the MBE indicator of the service table in a database configuration file; and

providing service independent building blocks (SIBs) to access the MBE table constructed in the FSLEE application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising attaching a time stamp to the MBE database records after each access.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising inserting a record into the service table.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

returning a status indicator; and

attaching a time stamp to the inserted record.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising reading a record in the service table.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

locking the record before the reading step; and

returning a status indicator.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating a record in the service table.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

reading and locking the record before the updating step;

checking time stamps between the reading step and the updating step; and

returning a status indicator.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising deleting a record in the service table.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

reading the record before the deleting step;

checking time stamps between the reading step and the deleting step; and

returning a status indicator.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising unlocking a record in the service table.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the unlocking step includes using an application framework (AF) to unlock the record.

13. An apparatus for adapting memory-resident database in a flexible service logic execution environment (FSLEE), comprising:

a memory based database environment (MBE) database, comprising a database configuration file providing an MBE indicator to a service table to differentiate an MBE service table from another service table, the MBE service table being constructed in an FSLEE application; and

an FSLEE application, comprising a service independent building block (SIB) library containing a set of SIBs that access the MBE service table constructed in the FSLEE application.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising an application framework (AF) that clears record locks in the FSLEE application.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the SIBs inserts a record in the service table.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the SIBs reads a record in the service table.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the SIBs updates a record in the service table.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the SIBs deletes a record in the service table.

19. A computer readable medium providing instruction for adapting memory-resident database in a flexible service logic execution environment (FSLEE), the instructions comprising:

constructing a service table in an FSLEE application;

providing a memory based database environment (MBE) indicator to the service table;

setting the MBE indicator of the service table in a database configuration file; and

providing service independent building blocks (SIBs) to access the MBE table constructed in the FSLEE application.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions for attaching a time stamp to the MBE database records after each access.