Method for performing migration of uninitialized entries from a storage to a repository within an intelligent peripheral 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:

• 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 being at least functionally connected to a repository, the storage including entries, an entry being an initialized entry including entry information and initialized information, or the entry being an uninitialized entry including the entry information, and some of the entries having a date and/or time stamp that is earlier than a selected date and/or time, a method to obtain capacity in the storage for additional entries, comprising:

• A. developing an uninitialized list including only uninitialized entries from the entries included in the storage by:
• i. finding an uninitialized entry having the date and/or time stamp that is earlier than the selected date and/or time by checking each of the entries for the date and/or time stamp that is earlier than the selected date and/or time, and
• ii. including the uninitialized entry having the date and/or time stamp that is earlier than the selected date and/or time in the uninitialized list;
• B. sending the entry information for each of the uninitialized entries in the uninitialized list from the storage to the repository;
• and
• C. deleting the each of the uninitialized entries in the uninitialized list from the storage.

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, and with some of the entries including a date and/or time stamp that is earlier than a selected date and/or time;
• a functional connection to 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, wherein the processor is further operative with the storage to develop the uninitialized list from the entries included in the storage by:
• i. finding an uninitialized entry having the date and/or time stamp that is earlier than the selected date and/or time by checking the each of the entries for the date and/or time stamp that is earlier than the selected date and/or time, and
• ii. including the entry having the date and/or time stamp that is earlier than the selected date and/or time in the uninitialized list;
• and
• 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.

In an intelligent peripheral having a storage and being at least functionally connected to 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, and some of the entries including a date and/or time stamp earlier than a selected date and/or time, a method to obtain capacity in the storage for additional entries, comprising:

• A. selecting an archival entry by selecting an uninitialized entry having the date and/or time stamp earlier than the selected date and/or time 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.