MEDIATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING EVENT RECORDS
First Claim
1. A mediation method for processing event records by means of a mediation system comprising at least two independent nodes and at least one node manager, the method comprising:
- receiving event records from a communications network,processing the event records in the independent nodes and keeping counts relating to the processed event records in audit counters in the independent nodes, wherein said processing is performed by operating the independent nodes according to their own settings and independently of the other independent nodes of the mediation system,reporting the counts in the audit counters to the node manager, andmonitoring the functioning of the independent nodes by the node manager, wherein the monitoring includes checking whether the counts of the audit counters provided by the independent nodes match, in order to ensure that no event records are lost during processing.
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Abstract
A mediation method and a mediation system divided into independent node components that process event records independently of the other components of the system. In addition, the system is provided with at least one node manager component that monitors the functioning of the node components. Each of the independent node components operates according to its own settings and is thus self-contained and capable of continuing operation even though some of the other components are temporarily inoperative. The system comprises audit counters providing counts relating to the processed event records, and the node manager is configured to check whether the counts of the audit counters match, in order to ensure that no event records are lost in the mediation system.
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1. A mediation method for processing event records by means of a mediation system comprising at least two independent nodes and at least one node manager, the method comprising:
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receiving event records from a communications network, processing the event records in the independent nodes and keeping counts relating to the processed event records in audit counters in the independent nodes, wherein said processing is performed by operating the independent nodes according to their own settings and independently of the other independent nodes of the mediation system, reporting the counts in the audit counters to the node manager, and monitoring the functioning of the independent nodes by the node manager, wherein the monitoring includes checking whether the counts of the audit counters provided by the independent nodes match, in order to ensure that no event records are lost during processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mediation system for processing event records provided by a communications network, the mediation system comprising:
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at least two independent nodes for processing event records according to their own settings and independently of other nodes of the mediation system, each of the independent nodes including audit counters providing counts relating to the processed event records, and at least one node manager for monitoring the functioning of the independent nodes, wherein the independent nodes are configured to report to the node manager the counts in their audit counters, and the node manager is configured to check whether the counts of the audit counters provided by the independent nodes match, in order to ensure that no event records are lost in the mediation system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A computer program product adapted to direct a computer system to form a mediation system for processing event records, the computer program product including computer program means for setting up at least one node manager and at least two independent nodes having their own settings and for operating the computer system such that:
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at least one of the independent nodes is adapted to receive event records from a communications network, the independent nodes are adapted to process the event records according to their own settings and independently of the other independent nodes of the mediation system, the independent nodes are adapted to provide audit counters and to keep counts relating to the processed event records in the audit counters, the independent nodes are adapted to report the counts in the audit counters to the node manager, and the node manager is adapted to monitor the functioning of the independent nodes by checking whether the counts of the audit counters provided by the independent nodes match, in order to ensure that no event records are lost during processing. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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