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Systems and methods for an infrastructure centralized heartbeat

  • US 7,120,688 B1
  • Filed: 09/03/2002
  • Issued: 10/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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