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Modular application software and data providing mobility in telecommunication networks

  • US 5,826,019 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1996
  • Issued: 10/20/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing data used by application software having a plurality of application modules executable on switching and management systems located throughout a heterogeneous telecommunications network, comprising:

  • storing portions of the data used by said application software in data managers used for operational, accounting and maintenance, at a plurality of data storage locations within said operational, accounting and maintenance functions distributed within the telecommunications network in a separate module and which is independent of the application modules, each being supported by a data manager;

    executing an application module to define the data used by said application software required during execution of said application software;

    requesting the data manager supporting the application module to search the data managers at the data storage locations for the required data;

    searching the data managers for the required data to identify the data manager in which the required data is stored; and

    retrieving the required data from the identified data manager and writing the retrieved data from the identified data manager to the application module for use during continued execution of said application software.

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