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Signaling status information of an application service

US8565220B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2008
Grant dateOct 22, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/169
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a method of signaling status information of an application service. The method is performed by a signaling gateway which interconnects an internet protocol network and a signaling system 7 network. The method comprises collecting application server status information of application servers associated with the application service and generating the status information of the application service from the collected application server status information by use of a given set of rules. The status information is generated for signaling the status information to at least one peer. The at least one peer can be comprised in the internet protocol network or in the signaling system 7 network.

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