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US 6,496,861 B1Granted
Operational environment system and method for communication network service applications
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMaximilian Sevcik
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Abstract
A Fault-tolerant Operational Environment system, and method, which makes it possible for network operators and third parties (for example, software houses) to implement their service ideas directly and without passing via the network suppliers, and at the same time to ensure that faulty Service Applications implemented in such a way have no negative effects. By an operational environment system (FOE) according to the invention.
Claims12
An operational environment system on a communication network, comprising:
- an Application Programming Interface (API), the API including function modules accessible by network operators and/or third parties for programming purposes;
- a Service Application Program (SAP), the SAP programmed into the API via the function modules;
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- a monitoring system, the monitoring system checking at predetermined times whether the SAP is operating logically correctly and deactivating the operation of the SAP upon an incorrect operation.
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A method of addressing faults in an operational environment system on a communication network, comprising the steps of:
- providing an Application Programming Interface (API) in the operational environment system, the API including function modules accessible by network operators and/or third parties;
- programing a Service Application Program (SAP) into the function modules;
- providing a monitoring system in the operational environment system;
- using the monitoring system to check at predetermined times whether the SAP is operating logically correctly;
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- deactivating the operation of the SAP if the SAP is logically incorrectly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.