Networkwide final customer administration via provider administration technique
OwnerJoachim Huttel, Michael Moeller +1inventors
InventorsJoachim Huttel, Michael Moeller, Irena Romanski
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Abstract
The invention relates to a management device (5) which is used to manage and modify data and operational functions of switching points in a telephone network. The invention also relates to a method employed in said management device (5). The inventive method and device enable public networkwide administration by the public operator and private networkwide administration by the end customer using an administration system with guaranteed safety mechanisms.
Claims16
Administrative device (5) for the administration and modification of data and operating functions of switching centers in a telephone network (1), the data and operating functions of the switching centers being administered and modified through administrative commands that they receive from the administrative device (5), with a control device (7), in which data and operating functions of the switching centers are administered and modified by means of authorized operators entering commands over terminals (3, 4),
- characterized by
- coordination means (8) for coordinating data and operating functions that relate to several switching centers, these coordination means automatically calculating the corresponding administrative commands for all the switching centers affected after information concerning the data and operating function to be modified has been entered, and sending them to the affected switching centers, and
- a checking device (6) for checking whether an accessing operator (3, 4) is authorized to administer and modify the data and operating functions.
The administrative device according to one of the preceding claims,
- characterized in that
- some terminals in the telephone network belonging to a virtual private branch exchange are brought together into a group.
The administrative device according to one of the preceding claims,
- characterized in that
- it is used for administering and modifying routing tables.
The administrative device according to one of the preceding claims,
- characterized in that
- a graphic user interface is available for administering and modifying data and operating functions of the switching centers.
The administrative device according to one of the preceding claims,
- characterized in that
- it receives and processes feedback from the corresponding switching centers concerning implementation of the administrative commands sent.
The administrative device according to one of the preceding claims,
- characterized in that
- in order to identify them clearly, each telephone object is provided with a group identification.
Method for the administration and modification of data and operating functions of switching centers in a telephone network, the data and operating functions of the switching centers being administered and modified by means of administrative commands, in which data and operating functions of switching centers are administered and modified by authorized operators entering commands over terminals (3, 4),
- characterized in that
- data and operating functions that relate to several switching centers are coordinated, whereby after information concerning the data and operating functions to be changed has been entered, the appropriate administrative commands are automatically calculated for all the switching centers affected, and sent to the affected switching centers, and the system checks whether an accessing operator (3, 4) is authorized to administer and modify the data and operating functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.