Service managing apparatus, a database collating method for use in the service managing apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium storing a database collating program therein

• US 6,085,194 A
• Filed: 03/05/1998
• Issued: 07/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Mimura, Tetsuo, Osawa, Michiko, Ige, Fumiyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Amsbury, Wayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): PARDO, THUY N
• Application Number:
  US09/035,283
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201, 379/220, 379/211, 379/92.02, 379/58, 379/5, 379/115, 379/112, 707/10, 707/1, 707/201, 707/6, 708/171, 709/219, 395/200, 455/158.5
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0062 Provisions for network management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99952 Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users

Abstract

A service managing apparatus for managing a state of a service controlling apparatus providing services in response to a request from an exchange has a request number reading unit for reading the number of requests for service supply from the exchange held by the service controlling apparatus, a database reading unit for reading contents of a database for service operation possessed by the service controlling apparatus, a collating unit for collating the read contents with contents in a corresponding region of a subscriber database, and a read control unit for controlling the reading of the contents of the database on the basis of the request number information read out by the request number reading unit, thereby periodically detecting normality of the databases in a network in service operation to prevent degradation of the services even if the number of transactions is increased.

Claims

1. A service managing apparatus, adapted to constitute a part of an intelligent network, for managing a state of a service controlling apparatus in the intelligent network, for providing service in response to a desired request from an exchange that performs the switching process when communications are made between a plurality of terminals, which are adapted to be communicatably connected to the intelligent network, said service managing apparatus comprising:

a subscriber database holding subscriber data for the service provided by said service controlling apparatus, said service managing apparatus comprising;

a request quantity reading unit for reading the quantity of requests for service supply from said exchange held by said service controlling apparatus;

a database reading unit for reading contents of an operating database for service operation possessed by said service controlling apparatus;

a collating unit for collating the contents of said operating database read out by said database reading unit with contents in a corresponding region of said subscriber database in order to check the matching of said operating database and said subscriber database; and

a read control unit for controlling the reading of the contents of said operating database by said database reading unit on the basis of said request quantity information read out by said request quantity reading unit.

2. The service managing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said read control unit controls to sequentially change a read quantity of the contents of said operating database by said database reading unit on the basis of said request quantity information.

3. The service managing apparatus according to claim 2, having a read information quantity table in which a quantity of information to be read out by said database reading unit is set in advance corresponding to said request quantity information, wherein said read control unit sequentially changes a read quantity of the contents of said operating database on the basis of said request quantity information with reference to said read information quantity table.

4. The service managing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising,

a collation excluded data holding unit for holding information relating to contents not to be collated by said collating unit;

and

a collation controlling unit for controlling said collating unit not to collate the contents held in said collation excluded data holding unit.

5. A method for collating databases for use in a service managing apparatus for managing a state of a service controlling apparatus in an intelligent network, for providing service in response to desired request from an exchange that performs switching process when communications are made between a plurality of terminals, which are adapted to be communicatably connected to the intelligent network, said service managing apparatus having a subscriber database holding subscriber data for the service provided by said service controlling apparatus, said method, in order to check the matching of an operating database for service operation in said service controlling apparatus and a subscriber database in said service managing aqparatus comprising the steps of:

a request quantity reading step of reading the quantity of requests for service supply from said exchange held by said service controlling apparatus;

a read quantity deciding step of deciding a read quantity of contents of said operating database on the basis of said request quantity information read out at said request quantity reading step;

a database reading step of reading the contents of said operating database possessed by said service controlling apparatus on the basis of the read quantity decided at said read quantity deciding step; and

a collating step of collating the contents of said operating database read out at said database reading step with contents in a corresponding region of said subscriber database.

6. A computer readable recording medium in which a database collating program is recorded characterized in that when databases are collated in a service managing computer having a subscriber database holding subscriber data for services provided by a service controlling apparatus to manage a state of said service controlling apparatus in an intelligent network, providing the service in response to desired request from an exchange that performs switching process when communications are made between a plurality of terminals, which are adapted to be commicatably connected to the intelligent network, said database collating program, in order to check the matching of an operating database in said service controlling apparatus and said subscriber database in said service managing apparatus, makes said service managing computer function as

a request quantity reading means for reading the quantity of requests for service supply from said exchange held by said service controlling apparatus;

a read quantity deciding means for deciding a read quantity of contents of said operating database on the basis of said request quantity information read out by said request quantity reading means;

a database reading means for reading the contents of said operating database possessed by said service controlling apparatus on the basis of the a read quantity decided by said read quantity deciding means; and

a collating means for collating the contents of said operating database read out by said database reading means with contents in a corresponding region of said subscriber database.