Patent ID: 7301910

Claim:
A method for automated analysis of signaling link utilization, the method comprising: (a) copying signaling messages from a plurality of different signaling links and storing the signaling messages in a signaling message database; (b) generating signaling link utilization data based on the data stored in the database; (c) displaying a signaling link utilization screen to a user, the signaling link utilization screen including a graph of signaling link occupancy per unit time for a plurality of different signaling links, the graph including a plurality of portions indicating signaling link occupancies at different times; (d) receiving input from the user via the signaling link utilization screen for selecting one of the portions, wherein the selected portion corresponds to signaling link occupancy for a specific time period for one of the signaling links; (e) automatically extracting, from the signaling message database, signaling message data corresponding to the selected portion, the signaling message data including signaling message types for signaling messages corresponding to the selected portion of the graph; and (f) displaying the signaling message data to the user via a computer display device.