Method and apparatus for archiving, updating or retrieving an uninitialized entry in an advanced intelligent network

An intelligent peripheral for archiving an uninitialized entry so as to obtain capacity for additional entries, comprising:

• a storage including entries, an entry being an initialized entry including entry information and initialized information, or being an uninitialized entry including the entry information;
• a repository for storing the entry information of uninitialized entries;
• and
• a processor being operative with the storage to develop an uninitialized list including only uninitialized entries from the entries included in the storage,
• the processor being also operative to cause the entry information for each of the uninitialized entries in the uninitialized list to be sent from the storage to the repository, and
• the processor being further operative to cause deletion of the each of the uninitialized entries in the uninitialized list from the storage.

In an intelligent peripheral having a storage and a repository, the storage including entries, an entry being an initialized entry including entry information and initialized information, or being an uninitialized entry including the entry information, a method to obtain capacity in the storage for additional entries, comprising the steps of:

• A. selecting an archival entry by selecting an uninitialized entry from the entries in the storage;
• B. sending the entry information of the archival entry to the repository of the intelligent peripheral;
• C. deleting the archival entry from the storage;
• and
• D. storing the entry information of the archival entry in the repository,
• whereby the capacity is obtained in the storage at least for an additional entry as a result of the deletion of the archival entry without losing the entry information of the archival entry.

In an intelligent peripheral having a storage and a repository, the storage including initialized entries and uninitialized entries, and the repository including entry information for other uninitialized entries, a method for responding to an initialization request, comprising the steps of:

• A. receiving an initialization request with respect to an uninitialized entry;
• B. determining the entry information of the uninitialized entry is held in the repository;
• C. retrieving the entry information of the uninitialized entry from the repository to the storage;
• D. initializing the uninitialized entry by adding initialization information to the entry information so as to create an initialized entry;
• and
• E. storing the initialized entry in the storage.

In an intelligent peripheral having a storage and a repository, the storage including initialized entries and uninitialized entries, and the repository including entry information for other uninitialized entries, a method for responding to receipt of an update for an uninitialized entry, comprising the steps of:

• A. receiving an update corresponding to uninitialized entry, the update being an updated uninitialized entry by having updated information with respect to the uninitialized entry;
• B. determining entry information of the uninitialized entry is held in the repository;
• and
• C. storing the update in the storage.