Method and system for packaging service logic programs in an advanced intelligent network

• US 5,937,412 A
• Filed: 12/29/1997
• Issued: 08/10/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing L.P. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Kohli, Pardeep, Rao, Sahana
• Primary Examiner(s): Kulik, Paul V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MILLS, JOHN G
• Application Number:
  US08/999,007
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1-204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0207 Wire harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 51/005 Arrangement of electrical wires and connections, e.g. wire harness, sockets, plugs; Arrangement of electronic control circuits in or on fuel injection apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/12 intelligent networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2263 Network management
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0058 using service-independent building blocks (SIBBs) or "primitives"
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/118 specially for flexible printed circuits, e.g. using folded portions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A method of packaging service logic programs for dissemination in a telecommunications network includes receiving a request to package a service logic program having a plurality of service independent blocks associated with a plurality of parameters. The service logic program is copied and parsed to automatically identify the parameters associated with the service logic program. The service independent blocks of the service logic program are stored in a packaging file in a specified sequence. The associated parameters are copied and then stored in the packaging file.

Claims

1. A method of packaging a service logic program for dissemination in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:

receiving a request to package a service logic program having a plurality of service independent blocks associated with a plurality of parameters;

copying the service logic program;

automatically identifying the parameters associated with the service logic program by parsing the service logic program;

automatically storing the service independent blocks of the service logic program in a packaging file in a specified sequence;

automatically copying the associated parameters; and

automatically storing the associated parameters in the packaging file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein service independent blocks are associated with a plurality of subroutines, further comprising the steps of:

automatically identifying the subroutines associated with the service logic program by parsing the service logic program;

automatically copying the associated subroutines; and

automatically storing the associated subroutines in the packaging file with the service independent blocks in the specified sequence.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the associated parameters are from a group of parameters comprising stored procedures, data templates, global variables, peg counters and prompts.

4. The method of claim 3, if the associated parameters include a stored procedure, further comprising the steps of:

automatically copying the stored procedure from a predefined stored procedure file; and

automatically storing the stored procedure in the packaging file.

5. The method of claim 3, if the associated parameters include a data template, further comprising the steps of:

automatically copying the data template from a predefined data template file; and

automatically storing the data template in the packaging file.

6. The method of claim 3, if the associated parameters include a global variable, further comprising the steps of:

automatically copying the global variable from a database; and

automatically storing the global variable in the packaging file.

7. The method of claim 3, if the associated parameters include a peg counter, further comprising the steps of:

automatically copying the peg counter from a database; and

automatically storing the peg counter in the packaging file.

8. The method of claim 3, if the associated parameters include a prompt, further comprising the steps of:

automatically copying the prompt from a database; and

automatically storing the prompt in the packaging file.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the associated parameters are from a group of parameters comprising stored procedures, data templates, global variables, peg counters and prompts, further comprising the steps of:

if the associated parameters include a stored procedure;

automatically copying the stored procedure from a predefined stored procedure file;

automatically storing the stored procedure in the packaging file;

if the associated parameters include a data template;

automatically copying the data template from a predefined data template file;

automatically storing the data template in the packaging file;

if the associated parameters include a global variable;

automatically copying the global variable from a database;

automatically storing the global variable in the packaging file;

if the associated parameters include a peg counter;

automatically copying the peg counter from the database;

automatically storing the peg counter in the packaging file;

if the associated parameters include a prompt;

automatically copying the prompt from the database; and

automatically storing the prompt in the packaging file.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

storing a location of the service logic programs; and

copying the service logic programs from the location.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the location is a name and path of a service logic program directory.

12. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

storing a location of the subroutines;

copying the subroutines from the location.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the location is a name and path of a subroutine directory.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

storing a location of the stored procedure; and

copying the stored procedure from the location.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the location is a name and path of a stored procedure file.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

storing a location of the data template; and

copying the data template from the location.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the location is a name and path of a data template file.