Method and system for processing records in a communications network
AssigneeWorldCom, Inc.
InventorKelvin R. Porter
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AssigneeWorldCom, Inc.
InventorKelvin R. Porter
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In a communications network that provides services to a plurality of users, events occurring during service processing are accumulated in an event record and sent to a record processor to perform post-processing, such as assessing charges to be billed to users of the network. Each service processing node in the communications network accumulates event records, bundles them with instructions as to how they are be processed, and dispatches them to one or more record processors. Before being sent to a record processor, an event record is augmented with instructions describing how to perform processing upon the events in the event record. The record processors are general-purpose processors and the instructions for post-processing are carried within the event records themselves. Post-processors are no longer required to be dedicated to a particular purpose such as billing computation. Furthermore, deployment of post-processing function is more timely and can be integrated with deployment of service processing functions to network service processors.
A record processor for processing an interpretable file generated by a communications system, the interpretable file comprising at least one recorded service processing event and at least one instruction for processing the recorded service processing event, the record processor comprising:
A record processor for processing an executable file created by a communications system to represent at least one service processing event, the record processor comprising a general-purpose execution environment into which the executable file is loaded and executed according to at least one policy stored in the general-purpose execution environment to accomplish processing of the service processing event.
A method for processing of an executable file created by a communications network in the course of service processing, wherein the executable file comprises at least one service processing event and at least one instruction for processing the service processing event, the method comprising the steps of:
A record processor coupled to a communications network for processing an interpretable file generated by the communications network, the interpretable file comprising at least one service processing event recorded during service processing of the communications network and at least one instruction for processing the service processing event, the record processor comprising:
A method for processing an event record created by a communications network in the course of service processing, wherein the event record comprises at least one service processing event and at least one instruction for processing the service processing event, the method comprising the steps of:
A method, in a record processor including a storage, wherein the record processor processes a recorded service processing event from a communications network, for obtaining an instruction for processing of the service processing event, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of processing a record of events recorded during use of a communications network comprising the steps of:
A method of processing a record of one or more events recorded during use of a communications network comprising the steps of:
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