Patent ID: 6137801
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A communications network comprising:A) a plurality of switching nodes;B) an internal network interconnecting the switching nodes for conveying switched telecommunications data between them;C) at least one of a plurality of host computers that runs supervisory software applications requiring the performance of common administrative tasks;D) a host network linking said plurality of host computers with the switching nodes;E) administrative processes having common administrative applications residing on one of said host computers, each said common administrative application performing a specific administrative task relating to the switching nodes; andF) means for providing access to the administrative processes by the switching nodes and for identifying messages of various types and communicating said messages between the supervisory software applications and the common administrative applications, whereby each supervisory software application can invoke the operation of a selected common administrative application to perform common administrative tasks in one or more particular switching nodes.