Operational Support System for Telecommunication Services
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a business application service to receive a customer care service request associated with a customer care service, the customer care service request received via a first protocol of a first plurality of protocols, the business application service to transmit a request for information based on the customer care service request; and
a business integration service to receive the request for information from the business application service, to receive requested information via a second protocol of a second plurality of protocols from at least one resource of a plurality of distributed telecommunications resources;
wherein the business integration service comprises;
a domain object layer to receive the requested information from the at least one resource of the plurality of distributed telecommunications resources and to transform the requested information into a data object instance; and
a resource connector layer to read the data object instance and to transmit the requested information to the business application service.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed that includes a business application service and a business integration service. The business application service receives a customer care service request via a first protocol. The business application service also transmits a request for information based on the customer care service request to a business integration service. The business integration service receives the request for information from the business application service. The business integration service receives requested information via a second protocol from at least one resource of a plurality of distributed telecommunications resources. The business integration service includes a domain object layer to receive the requested information and to transform the received requested information into a data object instance to be read by a resource connector layer. The resource connector layer reads the data object instance and transmits the requested information to the business application service.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a business application service to receive a customer care service request associated with a customer care service, the customer care service request received via a first protocol of a first plurality of protocols, the business application service to transmit a request for information based on the customer care service request; and a business integration service to receive the request for information from the business application service, to receive requested information via a second protocol of a second plurality of protocols from at least one resource of a plurality of distributed telecommunications resources; wherein the business integration service comprises; a domain object layer to receive the requested information from the at least one resource of the plurality of distributed telecommunications resources and to transform the requested information into a data object instance; and a resource connector layer to read the data object instance and to transmit the requested information to the business application service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a business application service, a particular customer care service request via a first protocol of a first plurality of protocols from one source of a plurality of distributed sources of customer care service requests, wherein the particular customer care service request comprises a request for information to support at least one of a billing operation, an assurance operation, and a fulfillment operation in a telecommunications system; transmitting the request for information from the business application service to a business integration service; receiving, at the business integration service, requested information via a second protocol of a second plurality of protocols from at least one resource of a plurality of distributed telecommunications resources; transforming, at the business integration service, the requested information into a data object instance; converting the data object instance into a converted data object instance having a particular format to be received by the business application service; and transmitting the converted data object instance from the business integration service to the business application service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A distributed telecommunications computing system, comprising:
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a memory to store a customer service request received by a business application service from one source of a plurality of sources of customer service requests, each source of customer service requests providing a request via a different protocol of a first plurality of protocols, the memory to store information retrieved from one or more resources of a plurality of distributed telecommunications resources in response to the customer service request, each distributed telecommunications resource providing retrieved information via a different protocol of a second plurality of protocols; and a processor to; retrieve information from the one or more resources of the plurality of distributed telecommunications resources based on the customer service request; transform the retrieved information into at least one data object; and converting the at least one data object into a format to be read by the business application service. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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