Method and apparatus for providing a product metadata driven operations support system

US8725674B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Richard Bennett · Southlake, US
• Richard R. Erickson · Farmingdale, US
• Mark E. Francis · Flemington, US
• Brian Freeman · Westminster, US
• Steven Polston · Flemington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2006
• Grant date: May 13, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a metadata driven framework for operations support systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method provides a hierarchical schema for a product. For example, a metadata for each element in the hierarchical structure, and a metalanguage for controlling tasks such as data collection, data orchestration, validation, field rendering, etc. are then created. In one embodiment, the method then provides framework aware engines for compiling the metadata and metalanguage into runtime forms. For each service or product to be provided, the product or service specific behavior and the operations support systems that are impacted are identified. The framework aware engine then compiles the metadata at runtime to generate at least one update for at least one operations support function.