Telecommunications network service central management system interfacing with protocol specific regional stations providing services to subscribers
First Claim
1. A system for communication between a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, using at least one predetermined protocol for communicating between said service management system and said network elements, said system comprising at least one network element interface, each said interface corresponding to one of said network elements and communicating with said element, each interface adapted to be programmed to transform said public switched telecommunications network service management system data relating to changes in services provided to subscribers of said system into a format that complies with said predetermined protocol.
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Abstract
Processes and devices for enhancing communication management and control in an intelligent network. A Service Management System Information Model serves as the basis for generation of Network Element Images which facilitate data communication between the Service Management System and the various Network elements. The Service Management System Information Model also allows a more intuitive and efficient provisioning interface for the Service Management System user. Network Element Interfaces according to the present invention contain embedded Service Management System/Network Element Interface Protocol functionality and may be employed to interpret the Network Element Images and communicate them over the network to the Network Elements. A Network Element Interface Server allows requests from client programs in the service management system to be queued and prioritized as desired for further efficiency, flexibility and reliability.
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31 Claims
- 1. A system for communication between a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, using at least one predetermined protocol for communicating between said service management system and said network elements, said system comprising at least one network element interface, each said interface corresponding to one of said network elements and communicating with said element, each interface adapted to be programmed to transform said public switched telecommunications network service management system data relating to changes in services provided to subscribers of said system into a format that complies with said predetermined protocol.
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10. A system for communication between at least one client program contained in a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, using at least one predetermined protocol for communicating between said service management system and said network elements, said system comprising:
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a. means for generating network element images in at least some of said network elements, which images correspond to data structures within said network elements, said data structures relating to said services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network; and b. a plurality of network element interfaces, each corresponding to one of said network elements, adapted to interpret network element images, and communicating with said element. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for communication between at least one client program contained in a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, using a predetermined protocol for communicating between said service management system and said network elements, said system comprising:
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a. means for generating network element images in at least some of said network elements, which images correspond to data structures within said network elements, said data structures relating at least in part to services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network; b. a plurality of network element interfaces, each corresponding to one of said network elements and communicating with said element, each interface adapted to be programmed to transform data into a format that complies with said predetermined protocol; and c. at least one network interface server for communications between said network images and said network elements via said network element interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A system for communication between a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, changes in data relating to service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, using a predetermined protocol for communicating between said service management system and said network elements, said system comprising:
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a. a service management system information model contained within said public switched telecommunications network service management system; b. a network element information model which represents at least some of said data in at least one of said network elements for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network; c. a plurality of network images, each corresponding to data structures within and in communication across said network with at least one of said network elements;
said data structure relating to said services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network; andd. means for transforming data stored within said network element information models into data that accommodates said public switched telecommunications network service management system, which means is in communication with at least one of said network element images. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for communication between a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, said system comprising:
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a. a public switched telecommunications network service management system information model which contains data corresponding to said data in said network elements; b. means for generating from said service management system information model at least one network element image for communication to at least one of said network elements which image corresponds to data structures within at least one of said network elements of said public switched telecommunications network, said data structures relating to said services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network; and c. means for communicating said network element image to said network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. In an intelligent public switched telecommunications network system containing a service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, a process for communicating data between said service management system and said network elements, comprising the steps of:
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a. creating a network element image of data that is stored in said public switched telecommunications network service management system and that is based on at least one network data object in at least one of said network elements, said data object comprising at least in part data relating to said services offered to said subscribers; b. interpreting said network element image in order to make it comply with interface protocol, for communicating between said public switched telecommunications network service management system and said network elements; and c. communicating said interpreted network element image to said network elements. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. In an intelligent public switched telecommunications network system containing a service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, and a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers, and which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, a process for communicating data between said service management system and said network elements, comprising the steps of:
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a. communicating from at least one network element to said public switched telecommunications network service management system a model of information stored in said network element, which information relates to said services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network; b. transforming said model into an image that is adapted to be used by said public switched telecommunications network service management system in order to model data stored in said network element, which image relates to said services offered to said subscribers of said public switched telecommunications network; and c. transforming said image into data that is adapted to be stored in said public switched telecommunications network service management system in order to reflect said data stored in said network element.
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27. In an intelligent public switched telecommunications network system containing a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to subscribers of said system, which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, and a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, changes in service provided to said subscribers of said system and to make requests directed to said network elements, a process for communicating at least one of said requests to said network element comprising the steps of:
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a. queuing and prioritizing said request relative to other requests generated by said public switched telecommunications network service management system; b. interpreting said request in order to make it comply with public switched telecommunications network service management system/network element interface protocol; and c. communicating said request to said network element. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. In an intelligent public switched telecommunications network having a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, with at least one provisioning interface and networked to a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said system, and which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, a process for communicating data to said provisioning interface that corresponds to said data stored in at least one network element for services offered to said subscribers of said system, comprising the steps of:
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a. communicating from at least one network element to said public switched telecommunications network service management system a model of information stored in said network element, the information relating a least in part to services offered to said subscribers of said system; b. transforming said model into an image that is adapted to be used by said public switched telecommunications network service management system in order to model data stored in said network element, said image containing data relating at least in part to services offered to said subscribers of said system; c. transforming said image into data that is adapted to be stored in said public switched telecommunications network service management system in order to reflect said data stored in said network element; d. transforming said data that is adapted to be stored in said public switched telecommunications network service management system into a form that is adapted to be utilized by said provisioning interface; and e. communicating said data to said provisioning interface.
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30. In an intelligent public switched telecommunications network having a public switched telecommunications network service management system, which is adapted to manage and control, in a centralized fashion, data relating to changes in service provided to subscribers of said system, said service management system having at least one provisioning interface and networked to a plurality of network elements, at least some of which are adapted to provide data for services offered to said subscribers of said system, and which elements are available for query by central offices and switches of said public switched telecommunications network, a process for managing data in said network elements using said provisioning interface comprising the steps of:
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a. entering data via said provisioning interface relating to changes in services to subscribers of said system; b. transforming said data entered via said provisioning interface into a form that is adapted to be stored in said public switched telecommunications network service management system in order to reflect data that is stored in at least one of said network elements; c. transforming said data that is adapted to be stored in said public switched telecommunications network service management system into an image of said data stored in said network element, said image corresponding to data structures in said network element, said data structures relating to services offered to said subscribers of said system; and d. communicating said image to said network element. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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