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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1997
Richard W. Crouch, Gustine, CA (US);
Godfrey D. Watson, Montara, CA (US);
Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for isolating portions of a computer program in a telecommunication system that receives messages from a variety of hardware or software platforms. A generic protocol converter (,) receives the message and selects a set of tables (,) based upon the platform of the source or destination of the message. A table within the table set is selected based on the direction of the message. Within each table is a listing of subroutines that are associated with a particular message. The protocol converter calls the appropriate subroutine within a main application program (,) to handle the message. Because the tables are grouped by protocol types, a change to the application program involving one protocol type does not require recompiling or retesting of application programs or subroutines associated with other protocols.