Patent ID: 8380833
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a telecommunications system involving a plurality of telecommunication devices, comprising: receiving a configuration request specifying a telecommunications service and an action indicator specifying whether the same telecommunications service is to be added to or removed from at least two of a plurality of telecommunication devices of a same type; retrieving, utilizing a processor, a configuration script in dependence on a telecommunications service type of the specified telecommunications service, the configuration script specifying a first set of configuration instructions for configuring the at least two of the plurality of telecommunication devices of the same type to provide a new telecommunications service of the telecommunications service type such that the at least two of the plurality of telecommunication devices of the same type have the same telecommunications service added, a second set of configuration instructions for configuring the at least two of the plurality of telecommunication devices to remove a telecommunications service of the telecommunications service type which is currently being provided such that the at least two of the plurality of telecommunication devices of the same type have the same telecommunications service removed, and one or more synchronization points for synchronizing execution of multiple instances of the script; selecting one of the first and second sets of configuration instructions in dependence on the action indicator; concurrently executing the same selected set of configuration instructions of the configuration script for each of the at least two telecommunication devices of the same type to configure the at least two telecommunication devices of the same type, to either provide the new telecommunications service or remove the telecommunications service which is currently being provided, such that the at least two of the plurality of telecommunication devices of the same type have the same telecommunications service added utilizing the same selected set of configuration instructions, or the at least two of the plurality of telecommunication devices of the same type have the same telecommunications service removed utilizing the same selected set of configuration instructions; and synchronizing the concurrent instances of the script at the synchronization point or points.