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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Richard L. Bennett, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Richard R. Erickson, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
Mark E. Francis, Flemington, NJ (US);
Brian D. Freeman, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
Steven R. Polston, Flemington, NJ (US);
Richard L. Bennett, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Richard R. Erickson, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
Mark E. Francis, Flemington, NJ (US);
Brian D. Freeman, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
Steven R. Polston, Flemington, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a metadata driven framework for operations support systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method provides a hierarchical schema for a product. For example, a metadata for each element in the hierarchical structure, and a metalanguage for controlling tasks such as data collection, data orchestration, validation, field rendering, etc. are then created. In one embodiment, the method then provides framework aware engines for compiling the metadata and metalanguage into runtime forms. For each service or product to be provided, the product or service specific behavior and the operations support systems that are impacted are identified. The framework aware engine then compiles the metadata at runtime to generate at least one update for at least one operations support function.