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US6625266B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 2000
Grant dateSep 23, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13396
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is a problem with telecommunication equipment, such as a telephone exchange, that the counters produce so much information that the processes, such as statistic, traffic management and charging, do not have the time to process them. The system according to the invention includes two main blocks: the first main block is formed by one or more report request service blocks (21) and the second main block (22) is formed by one or more counter service blocks, each of which monitors one or more counters (c1, . . . , cn). The report request service block relays a start-up message (23) to those counter service blocks (e.g. 24) from which it needs counter information. The conditions on which the counter information is desired are stated in the message. The condition may be exceeding/falling short of a given threshold value or the condition may be a timetable, e.g. a time slot, in accordance with which the counter value is to be stated. When the given condition is fulfilled, the requested counter service blocks will read the counter values, locate them in a brief message, each value in its own message, and send the message to the report request service block (21).

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