Method and system for implementing standard applications on an intelligent network service control point through an open services gateway
US7272133B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 12, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q3/0045
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Telecommunications service providers are increasingly relying on third party applications developed in accordance with industry standard application programming interfaces (API's). In order to decouple the connection between the standard API's and the telecommunications network, the present invention creates a translation layer or open services gateway (OSG). The open services gateway enables an application written to conform to an industry standard API to be used despite changes in the underlying network. The OSG encapsulates the commands from the API's in a TCP/IP packet which is formatted in accordance with a generic data interface specification for an intelligent network services control point. In this manner there is no hard-coded coupling between open standard API's and the telecommunications network. Additionally, the intelligent network services control point can perform important interference monitoring functions.
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