Patent ID: 8019844

Claim:
A toolbox apparatus for generating an analysis and detection engine operable to monitor and report data in a telecommunications network, comprising: a processor; a plurality of user selectable processing modules stored on and executed by the processor, each module individually configurable by a user to perform predetermined processing and data storage functions including specification of dimensions for which processing is applied, and collectively configurable by the user in a linear communication path so as to define a unique data analysis/detection flow; a plurality of user selectable adaptor modules, each adaptor module operative to receive and map data from a specific data source of the telecommunications network to a corresponding parameter of the data analysis/detection flow; wherein each processing module is executed by the processor to perform the predetermined functions and forward data along the linear communication path for further processing by downstream modules of the flow in accordance with individual and collective user configurations so as to provide flexible and fast data reporting in real time; and wherein the plurality of user selectable processing modules comprise a filter module configurable to narrow the data flowing through the flow, an augmentation module configurable to augment the data with additional information, wherein the additional information is used by downstream processing modules, and an alarming module configurable to specify the dimensions for which processing is to be applied.