Graphic control process for controlling operations in a network management system
First Claim
1. A method for graphically controlling a specified process with several operation steps for controlling network elements in a network management system of a telecommunication network, said method including the steps of:
- describing the operation steps with a program in a programming language including a plurality of command templates graphically identifying possible operation steps which can be performed on the basis of the specified process and a plurality of control instructions, selecting the command templates from the identified operation steps;
linking the selected command templates according to the control instructions in order to build a program flow chart of the specified process on a display device; and
executing the identified operation steps in accordance with the program flow chart.
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Abstract
A process is disclosed for generating control operations of network elements by means of a graphic control. A program for controlling the operations contains command templates for the operation steps and additional control instructions for linking these command templates (sequences, branches, loops). In a first step, run the control instructions to build-up a graphic program flow chart and skip the command templates for the corresponding operation steps. In a second step, run a command template of a desired operation step based on a given input, and skip the command templates of the remaining operation steps.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for graphically controlling a specified process with several operation steps for controlling network elements in a network management system of a telecommunication network, said method including the steps of:
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describing the operation steps with a program in a programming language including a plurality of command templates graphically identifying possible operation steps which can be performed on the basis of the specified process and a plurality of control instructions, selecting the command templates from the identified operation steps;
linking the selected command templates according to the control instructions in order to build a program flow chart of the specified process on a display device; and
executing the identified operation steps in accordance with the program flow chart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for a graphical control of a specified operation in a network management system, wherein the specified operation comprises a plurality of operation steps and wherein the specified operation is formed from a plurality of instruction blocks for executing the respective operation steps and a plurality of control directives for linking the instruction blocks, wherein the instruction blocks are used to be graphicallv identified on a display device possible operation steps which can be performed on the basis of the specified process, said method comprising the sequential steps of:
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a) selecting the instruction blocks from the graphically identified operation steps;
b) linking the selected instruction blocks on the display device according to the control directives in order to build a graphical program operation plan of the specified operation; and
c) executing the grahically identified operation steps according to the graphical program. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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