US 6,725,229 B2 · Configuration utility

Abstract

As part of electronically handling a large amount of data (e.g., error messages) generated within, for example, a telephone service provider's billing network, a configuration utility software allows a user to electronically change or update various configuration parameters for another software application, e.g., a loader application, and also to access the performance data generated by the loader application so as to optimize the performance of the loader application in varying data transfer situations. The loader application, in turn, is a computer-based data transfer application that electronically loads a large volume of data, e.g., telecommunication billing data, from one computer into another computer. The loader application thus substantially reduces human involvement during transfers of large amount of data, and thereby also reduces errors typically associated with manual data entries by human data operators. After completion of data transfers, an error handler program facilitates electronic investigation and disposal of errors in the received data, thereby minimizing participation of human operators in the data error rectification process. The reduced reliance on manual identification and correction of data errors thus results in increased accuracy and efficiency in the overall network data management and customer billing operations.

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A method of changing values of one or more configuration parameters in a configuration file for a software application residing on a first computer, said method comprising:

displaying an interactive form on a display screen for said first computer, wherein the interactive form lists each of said one or more configuration parameters along with a corresponding current value associated therewith;
receiving a first input from a user of said first computer, wherein the first input from the user provides one or more replacement values that replace corresponding one or more current values as displayed on the interactive form;
receiving a second input from the user;
accessing the configuration file for said software application in response to the second input from the user;
and
electronically replacing said one or more current values in said configuration file with said one or more replacement values corresponding thereto.

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A method of reviewing process status values for a software application residing on a first computer, said method comprising:

displaying a first interactive form on a display screen for said first computer, wherein the first interactive form allows a user of said first computer to select a date for which the user wishes to review the process status values for the software application;
receiving a first input from the user, wherein the first input from the user specifies the date that the user wishes to review the process status values for;
receiving a second input from the user;
and
displaying a second interactive form on the display screen in response to the second input from the user, wherein the second interactive form contains the process status values for the software application for the date selected by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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