Customer programmable real-time system

A computer system for controlling a real-time process assuming a plurality of states and generating a plurality of signals, comprisinig:

• means responsive to a first program routine for controlling functions of said process to provide a first set of services by being responsive to said plurality of states and said plurality of signals from said process;
• means defined by a second program routine for compiling source code instructions for a new service for said process;
• said controlling means comprises means defined by a third program routine for updating said first program with the compiled source code instructions thereby modifying said first set of services and adding said new service;
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• means defined by a third program routine for activating the updated portion of said first program routine thereby providing said new service for said process.

A method for controllig a real-time process assuming a plurality of states and generating a plurality of signals by a control computer executing a program, comprising:

• controlling said real-time process by said control computer responding to a first program routine to provide a first set of functions by being responsive to said plurality of states and said plurality of signals from said real-time process;
• compiling source code instructions for a new function for said process;
• updating said first program routine with the compiled source code instructions defining said additional services by said control computer system executing a third program routine thereby modifying said first set of functions and adding said new function;
• and
• activating the updated portion of said first program routine by said control computer executing a fourth program routine thereby providing said new function for said process.

A method for programming and controlling a voice and data telecommunication system having a source code entry unit and having a plurality of system states and a plurality of system signals to provide a plurality of services each performing a predefined voice or data service by a series of operations with said system controlled by a first processor executing a program having basic sets of groups of instructions with each group implementing one of a plurality of operations of an individual service each of said groups of instructions, execution is in response to a predefined system state and a predefined system signal and a second processor executing a program for the compilation of source code instructions written in a nonprocedural language, said method comprising the steps of:

• controlling said sytem by said firt processor executing each of said basic groups of instructions to perform the individual operation upon the present system state and system signal being in each of said groups of instructions' predefined state and signal, respectively;
• entering a source code program that defines an additional service via said entry unit;
• compiling the entered source code into an additional set of groups of instructions each to control said first processor to perform said additional service;
• transferring said additional set of groups of instructions from said second processor to said first processor;
• updating said basic groups of instructions with said additional groups of instructions in a predefined preference relationship that defines the execution sequence for a plurality of groups of instructions by said first processor thereby modifying said old services and adding said new service;
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• activating said additional groups of instructions by said first processor.