Method for modifying the operating mode of a technical communications group platform (TCGPL) of a telecommunications network (TC network)

• US 7,873,720 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2007
• Issued: 01/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh (Sigram Schindler, PhD)
• Original Assignee: Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh (Sigram Schindler, PhD)
• Inventors: Schulze, Jürgen, Schindler, Sigram, Schönberg, Döerte
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mejia; Anthony
• Application Number:
  US11/671,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20070245301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,443 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/200, 717/108, 718/100, 706/10, 706/47
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4217 Managing service interactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13053 Priority levels
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13056 Routines, finite state machines
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13091 CLI, identification of calling line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13256 Call screening
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0041 involving techniques for avoiding interaction of call service features

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for modifying the operating mode of a technical communications group platform (TCGPL) of a telecommunications network (TC network) for at least one driving object 1 which is controlled by a subscriber object (SUBC), by modifying by means of at least one modifying object 2 the operating mode of at least one object 3 which is to be modified or has been modified, and a telecommunications group platform (TCGPL) for producing technical communications group processes (TCGPs). The invention further relates to a method for managing technical communications group processes (TCGPs) with the steps: provision of a driving object which defines at least one further object to be provided; making available of at least one modifying object for the provision of the further object defined by the driving object; generation of an algorithm from the modifying object; and provision of the further object by execution of the algorithm.

Claims

1. A method for real time modification of a technical communications group process (TCGP) stored in and managed by a technical communications group platform (TCGPL) that is connected to at least one telecommunications network, wherein every TCGP is controlled by at least one distributed object that is executable by the TCGPL, comprising:

providing to said TCGPL a driving object defined by a subscriber of a TCGP managed by said TCGPL, which driving object defines a modification which is to be executed on at least one distributed object of the TCGP subscribed to by said subscriber;

deriving an executable modifying object from said driving object;

executing in said TCGPL the modifying object to obtain at least one modified object; and

substituting in said TCGPL the at least one modified object for said at least one distributed object;

whereby said TCGPL carries out said TCGP as modified by said modified object.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the TCGPL notifies a subscriber that there exists a TCGP related to that subscriber.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the TCGPL provides information about a TCGP to an entity related to that TCGP.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the TCGPL provides information about all objects related to a TCGP to be modified.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber of a TCGP providing a driving object controls said driving object via at least one interface of the TCGPL.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein a modification of a distributed object can be triggered individually by a subscriber related to the TCGP, wherein the related subscriber is informed about the modifications carried out, triggered by a TCGPL organiser, and triggered by a TCGP initiator.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the TCGPL is instantiated or realised on at least one server, comprises a network management localised and decentralised on terminal devices of subscribers, and wherein the TCGP is implemented on a plurality of computers each of which support interactions between two or more subscribers of the TCGP.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the driving object accesses an external source of information during the definition of the modification of the distributed object of said TCGP to be modified, and wherein the derivation of the modifying object is carried out in real time.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the modifying object is chosen from objects existing in the TCGPL during the definition of the modification of the distributed object of said TCGP to be modified.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the features of an object of a TCGPL are defined using at least one self-attribute object.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the features of an object of a TCGPL are defined using at least one relationship attribute object.

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein the features of an object of a TCGPL are defined using at least one operation attribute object.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the features of an object of a TCGPL are defined using at least one documentation and report attribute object.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein a technical communications group process comprises interactions between two or more subscribers/users and/or their communications applications such that a transmission of information between the subscribers/users and/or their communications applications takes place.