Intelligent call platform for an intelligent distributed network

• US 6,850,977 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2001
• Issued: 02/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Cardy, Doug, Porter, Kelvin, Rambo, Ken, Waller, Carol, Wong, Wendy, Yao, George, Barnhouse, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M.
• Application Number:
  US09/840,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20010014913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,380 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200, 709/201, 709/202, 709/203, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 379/201.01, 379/201.02, 379/201.03
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42136 Administration or customisation of services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0037 involving call modelling techniques, e.g. modifications to the basic call state model [BCSM]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/90 Internet, e.g. Internet phone, webphone, internet-based telephony

Abstract

A network management system communicates with a plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes. The network management system dynamically distributes managed objects across the plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes. Examples of managed objects distributed by the network management system include a service control managed object, a call control managed object, a bearer control managed object, and a resource proxy managed object.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a network management system communicating with a plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes, said network management system dynamically distributing at least one managed object selected from the group consisting of a service control managed object, a call control managed object, a bearer control managed object, and a resource proxy managed object, across the plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes, wherein the at least one managed object includes software to be used by each of the plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes to control one of a plurality of respective resource complexes.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one managed object includes a service control managed object.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said service control managed object includes at least one of session-related information, a service function, and a service-arbitration function.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said service control managed object includes at least one of a session manager class, a bearer capability class, a service arbitration class, a feature class, a service discriminator class, a media independent services class, and a connection manager class.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one managed object includes a call control managed object.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said call control managed object includes at least one of a call processing function relating to origination and a call processing function relating to termination.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one managed object includes a bearer control managed object.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said bearer control managed object includes at least one of a quality of service, subscriber line number, a class of service, a type of access, and a change of bearer function.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said bearer control managed object includes at least one of a channel associated class, a channel single class, and a channel common class.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one managed object includes a resource proxy managed object.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said resource proxy managed object includes an interface to a bearer in a network.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said resource proxy managed object includes at least one of a phone class, a voice response unit class, a trunk circuit class, and a modem class.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one intelligent distributed network node of the plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes includes at least one of a switch intelligence and a service processor.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said network management system distributes the at least one managed object selected from a group comprising the call control managed object, the bearer control managed object, and the resource proxy managed object, to the switch intelligence.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said network management system distributes the service control managed object to the service processor.

16. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a managed object creation environment at least one of communicating directly with said network management system and communicating indirectly with said network management system via a managed object repository, said managed object creation environment being used to at least one of create managed objects associated with a new service and create managed objects associated with modifying an existing service.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said managed object creation environment includes at least one tool for at least one of creating and modifying the at least one of a service control managed object, a call control managed object, a bearer control managed object, and a resource proxy managed object.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the at least one of a service control managed object, a call control managed object, a bearer control managed object, and a resource proxy managed object is stored in said managed object repository prior to deployment thereof.

19. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one managed object is distributed in response to at least one of implementation of a new feature or service and supported by the intelligent distributed network nodes and implementation of a modification to an existing feature or service supported by the intelligent distributed network nodes.

20. An apparatus for communicating with an intelligent call processor, said apparatus comprising:

a network management system transferring executable code to the intelligent call processor, the executable code being distributed in response to at least one of implementation of a new feature or service and implementation of a modification to an existing feature or service supported by the network management system, wherein the executable code is used by an intelligent call processor to control a resource complex.

21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the executable code includes at least one of a service control managed object, a call control managed object, a bearer control managed object, and a resource proxy managed object.

22. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the service control managed object includes at least one of a session manager managed object, a bearer capability managed object, a service arbitration managed object, a communications feature managed object, a service discriminator managed object, media independent services managed object, and a connection manager managed object.

23. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the call control managed object includes at least one of an origination managed object and a termination managed object.

24. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the bearer control managed object includes at least one of a channel associated managed object, a channel single managed object, and a channel common managed object.

25. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said network management system instantiates at least one service layer execution environment in the intelligent call processor, the executable code being executed by the at least one service layer execution environment.

26. A method comprising:

distributing at least one managed object selected from the group comprising a service control managed object, a call control managed object, a bearer control managed object, and a resource proxy managed object, to a plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes using a network management system, the at least one managed object includes executable code to be used by each of the plurality of intelligent distributed network nodes to control one of a plurality of respective resource complexes.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein said distributing step includes distributing at least one of the call control managed object, the bearer control managed object, and the resource proxy managed object to a switch intelligence.

28. The method according to claim 26, wherein said distributing step includes distributing the service control managed object to the service processor.

29. The method according to claim 26, wherein the at least one managed object is distributed in response to at least one of implementation of a new feature or service and implementation of a modification to an existing feature or service supported by the intelligent distributed network nodes.

30. A method for communicating with an intelligent call processor, said method comprising:

transferring executable code to the intelligent call processor using a network management system, the transferring being executed in response to at least one of implementation of a new feature or service and implementation of a modification to an existing feature or service, wherein the executable code is used by the intelligent call processor to control a resource complex.

31. The method according to claim 30, wherein the executable code includes at least one managed object selected from the group comprising a service control managed object, a call control managed object, a bearer control managed object, and a resource proxy managed object.

32. The method according to claim 31, wherein the at least one managed object includes a service control managed object.

33. The method according to claim 31, wherein the at least one managed object includes a call control managed object.

34. The method according to claim 31, wherein the at least one managed object includes a bearer control managed object.

35. The method according to claim 31, wherein the at least one managed object includes a resource proxy managed object.

36. The method according to claim 30, further comprising deploying at least one telecommunications feature, maintaining a health of the at least one telecommunications feature, and providing information about the at least one telecommunications feature.