Patent ID: 6061729
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of communicating service information in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:providing a client system in a telecommunications network, the client system including a client interface;providing at least one server system connected to the client system via the telecommunications network, the server system comprising a platform manager operable to store and provide information pertaining to the server system, a database subsystem operable to store, provision and provide information pertaining to the service, a service manager operable to administer the service in the server system, and a server interface;at the client system, placing at least one of a platform manager operation requesting information pertaining to a server system, a database operation requesting modification of information pertaining to a service in the server system and a service manager operation requesting administration of the service in the server system into a standard format to form a service message;transmitting the service message from the client interface to the server interface;receiving the service message at the server interface;at the server system, determining the operation of the service message;if the operation is a platform manager operation, passing the platform manager operation to the platform manager for execution;if the operation is a database operation, passing the database operation to the database system for execution;if the operation is a service manager operation, passing the service manager operation to the service manager for execution; andreceiving personal service data from a subscriber in response to the subscriber accessing the server interface.