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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Michael Dean Lilley, Missoula, MT (US);
John Frank Saban, Lisle, IL (US);
John Patrick Shea, Aurora, IL (US);
Charles Robert Strohm, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for determining whether the immediate state of a telecommunications switch ( ) is adequate for a software upgrade or retrofit. A report stream of text messages relating to the state of, and events occurring on, the telecommunications switch is received ( ) by a server ( ). Predetermined messages are detected in the report stream, including messages indicating hardware errors, alarms and other errors ( ). The predetermined messages have a numerical value associated therewith ( ). The numerical value reflects a probability of failure of a retrofit if the message is detected. As the predetermined messages are detected, their numerical values are accumulated into an accumulated value ( ). If the accumulated value exceeds a threshold, the switch is not fit for the retrofit ( ). The time spent receiving the report stream is determined and compared against an expected time ( ). If the time spent receiving the report stream does not exceed an expected time, then a determination regarding suitability for upgrade may not be reliable ( ). A visual portion ( ) of a user interface on a client ( ) is updated to reflect whether the switch is in an adequate state for a software upgrade. Hierarchical views of a user interface permit a user to view a failing subsystem, failure type, and associated detected messages in an organized manner.