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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Method and apparatus for analyzing the progress of a software upgrade on a telecommunications switch
Eddie Gayle Alexander, Westminster, CO (US);
John Cravens Broughton, Littleton, CO (US);
Robert Earl Chamberlin, Jr., Lockport, IL (US);
Michael Dean Lilley, Missoula, MT (US);
Timothy Scott Monkman, Naperville, IL (US);
John Frank Saban, Lisle, IL (US);
John Patrick Shea, Aurora, IL (US);
James Peter Stuht, Arvada, CO (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for monitoring the progress of a software upgrade or retrofit on a telecommunications switch ( ). 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 entry into a stage of the retrofit, exit from a stage of the retrofit, a failure of a stage of the retrofit, alarms and errors. The time spent in a stage of the retrofit is determined and compared against an expected time ( ). A visual portion ( ) of a user interface on a client ( ) is updated to reflect entry and exit from a stage of the retrofit, and whether the time spent in a stage exceeds an expected time. The user interface reflects occurrences of alarms and errors visually and in some cases audibly.