Patent ID: 7054422
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for generating and accessing usage measurements data associated with signaling messages routed or processed by a signaling message routing node in a communications network, the method comprising: (a) receiving a signaling message at a communication link module (CLM) located within a signaling message routing node for routing signaling messages between other nodes in a communications network; (b) generating and storing first peg count information on the CLM based on information contained within the signaling message; (c) from a first usage measurements module (UMM) within the signaling message routing node, polling the CLM to request the first peg count information; (d) in response to the polling, sending the first peg count information to the first UMM; and (e) communicating the first peg count information from the first UMM to an application located on a general-purpose computing platform external to the signaling message routing node via an IP communication link.