Patent ID: 6236998
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for performing event recordings in a service database system, the database comprising measurement tables (MT) which comprise consecutive rows (Ri), whereby a single row comprises data related to a single measurement object and the measurement objects of one measurement table are of the same type so that they form a measurement group, the method comprising the steps ofreceiving service requests (SR) into the system during whose processing it is necessary to count the number of events occurring per each measurement object,activating the provision of the service as a response to the service request,performing the recording of events by incrementing the measurement object-specific counters for each different event during the processing of the service request for a time determined by a certain, predefined recording interval, said interval being user-specifiable, andperforming the recording of counter values by storing the measurement object-specific counter values after each recording interval, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps ofmaintaining a time value which corresponds to the following expected changing moment of the recording interval and comparing the current clock time value to the value of the expected changing moment to detect the changing moment of the recording interval, andupdating the time value of the expected changing moment and the length of the current recording interval according to the new time value of the changing moment as a response to the change in the length of the recording interval.