Patent ID: 7143077

Claim:
Method for real-time addition of statistics definitions and for achieving real-time reporting in a telephone switching system, comprising: a database containing information of essential importance to the telephone switching system; a database manager, whose function is to maintain the database; one or more service providers; wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving by means of the database manager a registration of the service provider; having the database manager send the service provider an inquiry asking for information about services produced by it; storing service definition data supplied by the service provider in the database; generating a new definitions file for reporting purposes on the basis of the service definition data in the database; checking a version number of one of said services produced by the service provider; and asking the service provider to supply service definition data about the services produced by it if the version number of the service provided is not within said service definition data; or giving the service provider a request for the service if the version number of the service provided is within said service definition data.