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System method and article of manufacture for test operations

US5978940A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateAug 20, 1997
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3414
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system software solution for testing various network elements/entities and processes in a telecommunications network is provided. A network under test contains network entities which save data to a common database that is associated with processing particular test cases. A server correlates database data from the network under test and compares it to anticipated test case results. A disposition of the test cases is determined. Various elements of the invention interface appropriately, and process accordingly, to accomplish the testing and test result(s) disposition. In addition, the test system provides a means to verify billing records within the telecommunications network.

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