Patent ID: 6052448
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A switch for a telecommunications network, said switch comprising:a call condense agent, said call condense agent collecting raw call information for calls handled by said switch, said raw call information for a first one of said calls containing data for at least one of a plurality of data types;a formatting agent;a storage facility coupled to said formatting agent, said storage facility maintaining a plurality of data structures, each one of said plurality of data structures containing a respective subset of said plurality of data types;said formatting agent selecting, based upon an examination of (1) said raw call information for said first one of said calls, (2) said plurality of data structures and (3) a call detail type attribute map which describes an attribute of each one of said plurality of data types, an optimal one of said plurality of data structures for formatting said raw call information for said first one of said calls and producing a call detail record by formatting said raw call information for said first one of said calls in accordance with said optimal data structure;for each one of said plurality of CDR templates, said formatter comparing said raw call information for said first one of said calls to said call detail type attribute map and said CDR template and, based on said comparison, for each one of said plurality of data structures, of said raw call information for said first one of said calls to said call detail type attribute map and said CDR template, selecting one of said plurality of data structures as said optimal data structure for said first one of said calls.