Patent ID: 6246678
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A telephony switch configurator to manage and control a plurality of different telephony switches from a network device, each of said telephony switches containing a read/writable storage medium for storing switch configuration data and which is accessible from a computer network through a second data transport protocol handler, the network device communicating with said network through a first data transport protocol handler, said configurator comprising:(a) a command generator within said network device that issues commands to be executed by said telephony switches;(b) a first access server within the said network device for managing a connection to said telephony switches;(c) a first interface between said command generator and said first access server for translating said commands between said command generator to said first access server;(d) a second interface between said first access server and said first data transport protocol handler for translating said commands between said first access server and said first data transport protocol handler;(e) a second access server within each of said telephony switches for managing a connection to said network device;(f) a third interface between said second access server and said second data transport protocol handler for translating said commands between said second data transport handler and said second access server;(g) a command executor within each of said telephony switches that executes said commands for changing configuration of said telephony switches; and(h) a fourth interface between said second access server and said command executor for translating said commands between second access server and said command executor.