Method for validating customized telephone services
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1. A method for validating a procedure for providing customized services to a customer of a telephone network, the procedure being embodied in a data structure having data and instructions executable by a data processor, the method comprising the steps, executed by a data processor, of:
- converting the procedure in the data structure into a schema for evaluation by an expert system, the step of converting including the substep ofextracting the instructions and data for the procedure from the data structure;
inputting said schema for evaluation into the expert system for testing the extracted procedure instructions and data against a set of rules indicating proper use of the instructions;
identifying by said expert system invalid ones of the instructions and data which violate the set of rules; and
placing an indicator by said expert system in the data structure for the specific invalid instructions and data.
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A method for using an expert system to validate the customized call processing information (CCPI) records which permit a customer to customize services in a telephone network. The information corresponding to a CCPI record is converted into a set of "schemas" for evaluation by the expert system. These "schemas" are tested against a set of rules by the expert system which indicates errors in the CCPI record.
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1. A method for validating a procedure for providing customized services to a customer of a telephone network, the procedure being embodied in a data structure having data and instructions executable by a data processor, the method comprising the steps, executed by a data processor, of:
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converting the procedure in the data structure into a schema for evaluation by an expert system, the step of converting including the substep of extracting the instructions and data for the procedure from the data structure; inputting said schema for evaluation into the expert system for testing the extracted procedure instructions and data against a set of rules indicating proper use of the instructions; identifying by said expert system invalid ones of the instructions and data which violate the set of rules; and placing an indicator by said expert system in the data structure for the specific invalid instructions and data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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