Application execution control method and system for servicing subscribers via a switchboard connected to a computer using an application management table
First Claim
1. A system in which a switchboard connected to a plurality of subscriber terminals and a computer connected with said switchboard cooperate with each other to selectively execute services to subscribers, the system comprising:
- means for storing an application management table in said switchboard in response to a control message sent from said computer, said application management table having a flag indicating whether or not the execution of an application for a service request sent from a subscriber terminal should be permitted;
means provided in said computer for sending a control message to said switchboard from said computer when the condition of possibility/impossibility of the execution of an application on said computer changes; and
means provided in said switchboard for changing the content of said flag in said application management table in said switchboard on the basis of said control message.
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Abstract
A subscriber terminal service system, which has a switchboard connected to a plurality of subscriber terminals and a computer connected with the switchboard and executes services to subscribers, has the functions of setting a flag indicative of the possibility/impossibility of the execution of an application on the basis of a message sent from the computer, referring to the flag in response to a service request sent from the subscriber terminal to determine whether or not the execution of the requested application should be permitted, sending a control message to the switchboard when the condition of possibility/impossibility of the execution of an application on the computer, and changing the content of the flag in the switchboard on the basis of the control message. The start or stop of any application executed in the computer is made through a console device connected with the computer or by a scheduler provided in the computer.
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1. A system in which a switchboard connected to a plurality of subscriber terminals and a computer connected with said switchboard cooperate with each other to selectively execute services to subscribers, the system comprising:
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means for storing an application management table in said switchboard in response to a control message sent from said computer, said application management table having a flag indicating whether or not the execution of an application for a service request sent from a subscriber terminal should be permitted; means provided in said computer for sending a control message to said switchboard from said computer when the condition of possibility/impossibility of the execution of an application on said computer changes; and means provided in said switchboard for changing the content of said flag in said application management table in said switchboard on the basis of said control message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for execution of services to subscribers in a system comprising a switchboard connected to a plurality of subscriber terminals and a computer connected with said switchboard, the method comprising:
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a step of setting a flag, indicating whether or not the execution of an application for a service request sent from a subscriber terminal should be permitted, into an application management table stored in said switchboard in response to a control message sent from said computer; a step of sending a control message from said computer to said switchboard when the condition of possibility/impossibility of the execution of an application by said computer changes; and a step of changing the content of said flag in said switchboard on the basis of said control message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An application execution control method in a system which has an interface between a switchboard and a computer for communicating a message under software control between said switchboard and said computer and in which said switchboard and said computer cooperate with each other to execute services to subscribers, the method comprising:
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a step of storing in said switchboard an application management table indicating whether or not the execution of each of application programs for services to subscribers executed in said computer should be permitted; a step of sending, for each of said application programs in said computer which undergoes a change in an execution state, a control message indicative of the change in state of execution of the application program from said computer to said switchboard; a step of storing the state of execution of each application program into said application management table in accordance with said control message; and a step of referring to said application management table in said switchboard in the operation of the switchboard in response to a service request from a subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A switchboard which is connected with a plurality of subscriber terminals and a computer and executes services to subscribers in cooperation with said computer, the switchboard comprising:
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means for storing an application management table, having a flag indicating whether or not the execution of an application for a service request sent from a subscriber terminal should be permitted, in response to a control message sent from said computer; and means for changing the content of said flag on the basis of a control message which indicates a change of the condition of possibility/impossibility of the execution of an application in said computer.
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