Apparatus and method for generating call information data for calls of long duration
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating call information data for calls of long duration occurring between an originating network endpoint and a destination network endpoint, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of call sensors distributed across a telecommunications network for detecting call messages, correlating call messages relating to the same call and for storing information, relating to those call messages, including at least one of the network endpoints for the call, in an at least partial correlated call record;
a time detection module for determining which network endpoints are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, a predetermined time;
a call record controller for providing a control signal instructing at least some call sensors to determine whether any of the correlated call records relate to a call that includes one of the determined network endpoints and that started more than a predetermined time period prior to the predetermined time;
wherein the call sensors generate an interim call data record (CDR) for each of the determined correlated call records and transmit the interim CDR for storage.
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Abstract
A telecommunications network has a plurality of call sensors (10) for detecting call messages (34). The call sensors (10) correlate call messages relating to the same call occurring between an originating network endpoint and a destination network endpoint and store information relating to those call messages in a correlated call record, including at least one of the network endpoints for the call. In order to provide daily information relating to calls of long duration, a call record controller (18) determines which of the network endpoints (10) are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, midnight and instructs all or some call sensors to determine whether any of the correlated call records relate to a call that includes one of the determined network endpoints and that started more than 24 hours previously. The call sensors (10) then generate a partial call data record (CDR) for each of those correlated call records and transmit the partial CDRs to the call record controller for storage. After the particular call is completed, the partial CDRs are transmitted from the call sensors (10) and are combined into a single, complete CDR (34) by a Site processor (12) before being transmitted to the call record controller (18) for storage and analysis.
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1. An apparatus for generating call information data for calls of long duration occurring between an originating network endpoint and a destination network endpoint, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of call sensors distributed across a telecommunications network for detecting call messages, correlating call messages relating to the same call and for storing information, relating to those call messages, including at least one of the network endpoints for the call, in an at least partial correlated call record;
a time detection module for determining which network endpoints are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, a predetermined time;
a call record controller for providing a control signal instructing at least some call sensors to determine whether any of the correlated call records relate to a call that includes one of the determined network endpoints and that started more than a predetermined time period prior to the predetermined time;
wherein the call sensors generate an interim call data record (CDR) for each of the determined correlated call records and transmit the interim CDR for storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of generating call information data for calls of long duration occurring between an originating network endpoint and a destination network endpoint in an apparatus having a plurality of call sensors distributed across a telecommunications network for detecting call messages, correlating call messages relating to the same call and for storing information relating to those call messages, including at least one of the network endpoints for the call, in an at least partial correlated call record, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining which network endpoints are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, a predetermined time;
instructing at least some of the call sensors to determine whether any of the correlated call records relate to a call includes one of the determined network endpoints and that that started more than a predetermined time period prior to the predetermined time;
the call sensors generating an interim call data record (CDR) for each of the determined correlated call records and transmitting the interim CDR for storage. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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