Feature interaction arbitrator

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1992-02-28

1994-08-09

Dwyer, James L.

Telephonic communications

Special services

Anonymous party

379142, 379215, 379211, H04M 342

Patent

active

053373510

ABSTRACT:
A Feature Interaction Arbitrator (FIA) for identifying the existence of interactions among various telephone call features (e.g., call forwarding busy line and call waiting) and for resolving these interactions. The FIA manages feature interactions in three phases to support a telephone switch as well as a vendor's software development process, the feature administrator of the telephone operating company, feature designer, and for the subscriber (end-user). The first phase is when the feature administrator assigns several features to a subscriber's line. The second phase is when a subscriber activates at least one of the features previously assigned to the subscriber's line. The third phase identifies and resolves feature interactions that occur during run-time operation. During the latter two phases, the FIA is located in the telephone switching system. The FIA provides a database which includes numerical data assigned to classes of feature elements which uniquely define the properties of each feature. When the FIA is invoked, logical and/or arithmetic operations (e.g., AND, exclusive-OR, multiplication, etc.) are variously performed at different stages on the numerical data. As a result, the identification of a feature interaction/conflict and the resolution of the same can be accomplished. Finally, a switching device is driven based on the result.

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