Systems and methods for an infrastructure centralized heartbeat
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring the status of a plurality of service package applications operating on a service node of a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
- a heartbeat message generating application stored on the service node, the heartbeat message generating application including a shared database that is accessible by at least two of the plurality of service package applications; and
a heartbeat message receiving application stored on a service control point (SCP) that is in communication with the service node, the heartbeat message receiving application including a status database that includes records for monitoring the status of the at least two of the plurality of service package applications,wherein the heartbeat message generating application generates a heartbeat message containing information retrieved from the shared database and sends the heartbeat message to the heartbeat message receiving application where the information is extracted and used to update the status database.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring the status of a plurality of service package applications operating on a service node of a telecommunications network. A heartbeat message generating application is stored on the service node and includes a shared database that is accessible by at least two of the plurality of service package applications. A heartbeat message receiving application is stored on a service control point (SCP) that is in communication with the service node, the heartbeat message receiving application including a status database that includes records for monitoring the status of the at least two of the plurality of service package applications. The heartbeat message generating application generates a heartbeat message containing information retrieved from the shared database and sends the heartbeat message to the heartbeat message receiving application where the information is extracted and used to update the status database. Calls are routed to the service package applications based on the status stored in status database.
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1. A system for monitoring the status of a plurality of service package applications operating on a service node of a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
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a heartbeat message generating application stored on the service node, the heartbeat message generating application including a shared database that is accessible by at least two of the plurality of service package applications; and a heartbeat message receiving application stored on a service control point (SCP) that is in communication with the service node, the heartbeat message receiving application including a status database that includes records for monitoring the status of the at least two of the plurality of service package applications, wherein the heartbeat message generating application generates a heartbeat message containing information retrieved from the shared database and sends the heartbeat message to the heartbeat message receiving application where the information is extracted and used to update the status database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of monitoring a service node in an electronic telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a service node having a plurality of service package applications running thereon, the service node also having a single heartbeat message generating application that is accessible by each of the service package applications; generating a heartbeat message with the heartbeat message generating application, the heartbeat message comprising identification data that identifies at least one of the service package applications and indicates a status of the at least one service package application; sending the heartbeat message to a service control point (SCP) in the telecommunications network and updating a database stored on the SCP, the database stored on the SCP including a status field for the status of the at least one service package application; and routing a call to the service node when the status field in the database stored on the SCP indicates that the at least one service package application is available to receive the call. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of monitoring the status of a service package application operating on a service node, comprising the steps of:
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storing status information related to at least two different service package applications in a single database; generating a message including data based at least in part on the status information stored in the single database; sending the message to a control point; receiving the message at the control point and extracting the data from the message; and controlling access to a service package application based on the data received. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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