SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE ADVANCED INTELLIGENT NETWORK TO REDIRECT DATA NETWORK TRAFFIC
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a web server, as part of a switchover from a primary data center to a secondary data center, a request from a user indicating that redirection of a query to the secondary data center be initiated at a service control point;
transmitting, using an IP based communication protocol, an indication from the web server to the service control point that the query should be transmitted to the secondary data center; and
ascertaining, at the service control point, an IP address associated with the secondary data center to be used for transmitting said query.
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for providing a low cost mechanism for remotely rerouting queries in a telecommunications network. A service control point (SCP) executes an application which causes a queries to be launched over a LAN or WAN to a remotely located data center. The system contains a primary and secondary data center, in which the secondary data center operations on a ‘hot-standby’ basis. Based on a manually provided indication, maintenance personnel may telephone and interact with a voice response unit or a web-based interface, which indicates that the SCP or SCP application should route queries to the secondary data center. Similarly, the same mechanism can be used to indicate that queries should be re-routed back to the primary data center. This allows remote management for controlling the queries without having to extensively modify the related infrastructure.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a web server, as part of a switchover from a primary data center to a secondary data center, a request from a user indicating that redirection of a query to the secondary data center be initiated at a service control point; transmitting, using an IP based communication protocol, an indication from the web server to the service control point that the query should be transmitted to the secondary data center; and ascertaining, at the service control point, an IP address associated with the secondary data center to be used for transmitting said query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a web server capable of receiving an indication of redirection from a user over the Internet, as part of a switchover from a primary data center to a secondary data center, indicating that a secondary address is to be used for transmitting a query to the secondary data center; a service control point, operatively connected to the web server and configured to receive the indication of redirection from the web server and use the secondary address for transmitting the query to the secondary data center; and the secondary data center storing data, connected to a data communications network, configured to receive the query from the service control point transmitted using the secondary address, the secondary data center being configured to provide a response message in response to the query, the response message comprising stored data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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