Intelligent gateway between a service control point and a signalling network

• US 6,504,852 B1
• Filed: 01/12/1999
• Issued: 01/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.), Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Anquetil, Laurent-Philippe, Couturier, Alban
• Primary Examiner(s): Olms, Douglas
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, VAN KIM T
• Application Number:
  US09/228,684
• Time in Patent Office: 1,456 Days
• Field of Search: 370/465-467, 370/469, 370/486, 370/376, 370/401, 370/496, 709/220, 709/223, 709/229, 709/318
• US Class Current: 370/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0025 Provisions for signalling
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

A gateway between a first data network and a second data network enables translation of messages in accordance with a first protocol specific to the first data network into messages conforming to a second protocol specific to the second data network. The second data network includes software applications and the gateway includes a registration software entity. Messages coming from or going to a particular one of the software applications are processed by a representative software entity contained in the gateway and each new software application made available on the second data network causes the determination of the representative software entity at the registration software entity.

Claims

1. A gateway between a first data network and a second data network enabling translation of messages in accordance with a first protocol specific to said first data network into messages conforming to a second protocol specific to said second data network, said second data network including software applications, and said gateway including a registration software entity, wherein messages coming from or going to a particular one of said software applications are processed by a representative software entity that corresponds to said particular one of said software applications and is contained in said gateway and each new software application made available on said second data network causes the determination of said representative software entity or another representative software entity, at said registration software entity.

2. The gateway claimed in claim 1, wherein said determination comprises transmitting data related to said representative software entity or said another representative software entity.

3. The gateway claimed in claim 1, wherein said determination comprises choosing said representative software entity or said another representative software entity from a set of representative software entities present at said gateway and possibly transmitting a set of parameters to said representative software entity or said another representative software entity.

4. The gateway claimed in claim 1 wherein said determination is effected by said new software application.

5. The gateway claimed in claim 1 wherein said determination is effected by administration means.

6. The gateway claimed in claim 1, wherein said determination causes a creation of said another representative software entity.

7. The gateway claimed in claim 1 wherein said first data network is an SS7 signalling network.

8. The gateway claimed in claim 1 wherein said first protocol is an ROS protocol.

9. The gateway claimed in claim 7 wherein said first protocol is a TCAP.

10. The gateway claimed in claim 7 wherein said protocol is an INAP or MAP.

11. The gateway claimed in claim 1 wherein said second protocol is a protocol for communication between distributed objects.

12. The gateway claimed in claim 11 wherein said protocol conforms to the CORBA specifications.

13. A gateway between a first data network and a second data network enabling translation of messages in accordance with a first protocol specific to said first data network into messages conforming to a second protocol specific to said second data network, said second data network including software applications, and said gateway including a registration software entity, said gateway comprising:

means for processing said software applications, wherein messages coming from or going to a particular one of said software applications are processed by said means for processing said software applications which corresponds to said particular one of said software applications; and

means for determining said representative software entity or another representative software entity, based on each new software application made available in said second data network.