METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR FORKED ROUTING
First Claim
1. A method of communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network, comprising:
- receiving, in a processor, a message encoding signaling information from a source component;
identifying a primary destination component to which the received message is to be sent;
determining if the received message is to be fork-routed in which the received message is also sent to at least one secondary destination component;
identifying secondary destination components to which fork-routed messages are to be sent;
replicating the received message into multiple fork-routed messages if it is determined that the received message is to be fork-routed;
sending the received message to the identified primary destination component; and
sending each of the multiple fork-routed messages to at least one of the identified secondary destination components.
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Abstract
Methods, servers and systems for communicating signaling information in a policy and charging control network within a telecommunications signaling network, may include receiving a message encoding signaling information in a dynamic context router operating at the application layer. The dynamic context router may determine whether the received message is to be replicated, and if so, the dynamic context router may identify a primary destination to which the received message is to be sent and secondary destinations to which replicated messages (“fork-routed messages”) are to be sent. The message may be replicated into multiple fork-routed messages, with the original message sent to the primary destination and the fork-routed messages sent to secondary destination components. The replicated fork-routed messages may be the same as or different from the received message, and may be sent using the same protocol or different protocols.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network, comprising:
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receiving, in a processor, a message encoding signaling information from a source component; identifying a primary destination component to which the received message is to be sent; determining if the received message is to be fork-routed in which the received message is also sent to at least one secondary destination component; identifying secondary destination components to which fork-routed messages are to be sent; replicating the received message into multiple fork-routed messages if it is determined that the received message is to be fork-routed; sending the received message to the identified primary destination component; and sending each of the multiple fork-routed messages to at least one of the identified secondary destination components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A server configured for communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network, comprising:
a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising; receiving a message encoding signaling information from a source component; identifying a primary destination component to which the received message is to be sent; determining if the received message is to be fork-routed in which the received message is also sent to at least one secondary destination component; identifying secondary destination components to which fork-routed messages are to be sent; replicating the received message into multiple fork-routed messages if it is determined that the received message is to be fork-routed; sending the received message to the identified primary destination component; and sending each of the multiple fork-routed messages to at least one of the identified secondary destination components. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory server-readable storage medium having stored thereon server-executable instructions configured to cause a server to perform operations for communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network, the operations comprising:
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receiving a message encoding signaling information from a source component; identifying a primary destination component to which the received message is to be sent; determining if the received message is to be fork-routed in which the received message is also sent to at least one secondary destination component; identifying secondary destination components to which fork-routed messages are to be sent; replicating the received message into multiple fork-routed messages if it is determined that the received message is to be fork-routed; sending the received message to the identified primary destination component; and sending each of the multiple fork-routed messages to at least one of the identified secondary destination components. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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