Method and system for operating a field programmable line card using a country coded template
First Claim
1. A system for programming a line interface configured with a plurality of sets of line interface specification values in a communications network providing telephony services comprising:
- a database including, and indexed on, a plurality of template codes, and a plurality of sets of line interface specification values, each of the plurality of template codes being associated with one of the plurality of sets of line interface specification values;
a messaging means for requesting a template code from a central controller and for sending the requested template code to a requesting device;
a means for determining the template code based on the address of the device requesting the template code; and
a means for determining a desired set of line interface specification values from the database based on the template code sent from the central controller.
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Abstract
A method and system for using a database that associates a specific set of line interface specifications to a specific design requirement. The design requirement may correspond to a particular country'"'"'s telephony operating requirements, or one of multiple sets of operating requirements within a country. This allows loading of generic line interface data at manufacturing. Specific criteria can be provided to the line interface at installation and/or startup.
The database contains the specifications for all potential operating requirements, and a template code, sent to a line interface device from a central controller, is used to determine the corresponding set of line interface specifications from the database, which is indexed on template code.
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1. A system for programming a line interface configured with a plurality of sets of line interface specification values in a communications network providing telephony services comprising:
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a database including, and indexed on, a plurality of template codes, and a plurality of sets of line interface specification values, each of the plurality of template codes being associated with one of the plurality of sets of line interface specification values;
a messaging means for requesting a template code from a central controller and for sending the requested template code to a requesting device;
a means for determining the template code based on the address of the device requesting the template code; and
a means for determining a desired set of line interface specification values from the database based on the template code sent from the central controller.
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2. A method for programming a line interface means configured with a plurality of sets of line interface specification values in a communications network providing telephony services, wherein each one of a plurality of disparate country codes has been associated with one of a plurality of distinct sets of line interface specification values comprising:
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receiving a request message from one of a plurality network devices, each of which is associated with a unique address;
determining a country code that corresponds to the unique address;
determining one of a plurality of template codes that corresponds to the country code, each template code corresponding to one of the distinct sets of line interface reference values;
returning the template code that was determined to correspond to the country code, and hence the unique address of the requesting device;
determining a desired set of line interface specification values to provision the requesting device with based on the returned template code; and
provisioning the line interface device with the desired set of line interface specification values that corresponds to the returned template code. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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