Telephonic communications – Special services – Locating using diverse technology
Reexamination Certificate
1997-12-31
2001-08-07
Matar, Ahmad (Department: 2642)
Telephonic communications
Special services
Locating using diverse technology
C379S207030
Reexamination Certificate
active
06272213
ABSTRACT:
NOTICE
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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications, and more particularly to a method and system for service engineering in an advanced intelligent network (AIN).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
With the advent of the advanced intelligent network (AIN), it has become possible to rapidly design and introduce many new enhanced telecommunications services that provide subscribers with added flexibility and convenience in the use of telephone equipment. Examples of such services are free phone (FPH) services such as time dependent routing, calling card (CCD) services, virtual private network (VPN) services and personal 1-800 services.
In the advanced intelligent network, new services are typically designed in a service creation environment. After a service has been created, it needs to be bundled together, engineered, deployed and initially provisioned before it is capable of carrying live traffic on the network. The engineering process provides engineering data for the operating environment in which the service will be deployed.
Conventional methods for engineering a service in an advanced intelligent network suffer several disadvantages. For example, the engineering data is manually determined and entered by a programmer, which is time consuming, expensive and prone to mistakes. In addition, engineered services generally cannot be modified. As a result, engineered services cannot be corrected in case of mistakes or redeployed to other operating environments.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, a method and system for service engineering are provided that substantially reduces or eliminates disadvantages and problems associated with prior systems and methods. In particular, the method and system stores attributes associated with a class of services in an engineering file that can be loaded into a service package to minimize engineering time and expense.
In one embodiment, the method of engineering a service in a telecommunications network includes storing an engineering file including a plurality of engineering attributes associated with a class of services. A service package is received for a service within the class of services. The engineering attributes of the engineering file are loaded into the service package.
Technical advantages of the present invention include providing an improved method of engineering a service in a telecommunications network. In particular, engineering attributes associated with a class of services are stored in an engineering file and together loaded into a service package for a service within the class of services. The class of services may include services of a particular type or a particular customer. Accordingly, a service package may be efficiently engineered for one or more telecommunications environments. Thus, engineering time and expense are reduced.
Other technical advantages will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art from the following figures, description, and claims.
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