Apparatus and method for generating call information data for calls on long duration
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating call information data for calls of long duration occurring between an originating network endpoint and a destination network endpoint, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of call sensors distributed across a telecommunications network for detecting call messages, correlating call messages relating to the same call and for storing information, relating to those call messages, including at least one of the network endpoints for the call, in an at least partial correlated call record;
a time detection module for determining which network endpoints are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, a predetermined time;
a call record controller for providing a control signal instructing at least some call sensors to determine whether any of the correlated call records relate to a call that includes one of the determined network endpoints and that started more than a predetermined time period prior to the predetermined time;
wherein the call sensors generate an interim call data record (CDR) for each of the determined correlated call records and transmit the interim CDR for storage.
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating data for long duration calls includes: call sensors distributed across a network for detecting call messages, correlating call messages relating to a call, and for storing call message related information, including at least one of the call network endpoints in an at least partial correlated call record; a time detection module for determining which network endpoints are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, a predetermined time; and a call record controller for providing a control signal instructing at least some call sensors to determine whether any correlated call records relate to a call that includes one of the determined network endpoints and that started more than a predetermined time period prior to the predetermined time. The call sensors generate and transmit for storage an interim call data record (CDR) for each of the determined correlated call records.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for generating call information data for calls of long duration occurring between an originating network endpoint and a destination network endpoint, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of call sensors distributed across a telecommunications network for detecting call messages, correlating call messages relating to the same call and for storing information, relating to those call messages, including at least one of the network endpoints for the call, in an at least partial correlated call record; a time detection module for determining which network endpoints are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, a predetermined time; a call record controller for providing a control signal instructing at least some call sensors to determine whether any of the correlated call records relate to a call that includes one of the determined network endpoints and that started more than a predetermined time period prior to the predetermined time; wherein the call sensors generate an interim call data record (CDR) for each of the determined correlated call records and transmit the interim CDR for storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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10. A method of generating call information data for calls of long duration occurring between an originating network endpoint and a destination network endpoint in an apparatus having a plurality of call sensors distributed across a telecommunications network for detecting call messages, correlating call messages relating to the same call and for storing information relating to those call messages, including at least one of the network endpoints for the call, in an at least partial correlated call record, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining which network endpoints are located in a time standard that has just passed, or is about to pass, a predetermined time; instructing at least some of the call sensors to determine whether any of the correlated call records relate to a call includes one of the determined network endpoints and that that started more than a predetermined time period prior to the predetermined time; the call sensors generating an interim call data record (CDR) for each of the determined correlated call records and transmitting the interim CDR for storage.
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