Patent ID: 6363411
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
An intelligent service platform for a telecommunications network including a plurality of interconnected nodes for providing telecommunications services, said telecommunications network including having network elements for receiving telecommunications events requiring service processing, said service platform comprising:a) an administration system including a repository of service components that include service objects encapsulating distinct service processing functions and any associated data required for providing said service, said administration system including distribution mechanism for distributing said service component and associated data from said repository to selected one or more service nodes in said network, a service node comprising: i) one or more service execution environments each for executing those service components required to perform a service in accordance with a received event; ii) a local data storage and retrieval system for receiving sand storing said service components and any associated data from said administration system and, making said service components and associated data available to said service execution environment in response to a received event; and, b) a platform-independent communication system for providing inter-process communications between service components at a service node and between service nodes in said telecommunications network and tracking availability of service components at service nodes, said service platform enabling a service to be performed at a service node having available network element that received said event.