JP2856248B2 - Switchboard internal information collection and transfer apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for collecting internal information of a switchboard, connecting the switchboard with a host computer via a switchboard, and transferring the information inside the switchboard.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for collecting and transferring information inside a switchboard, information inside the switchboard is manually collected and manually transferred to a host computer connected to the switchboard via a dedicated line. A method of transferring information inside the exchange is adopted.

FIG. 5 shows a system configuration of this conventional system. The communication system shown is a host computer 400.
And a switching console (console) 500. The host computer 400 and the switching console 500 are connected via a LAN network 600 which is a dedicated line as shown in FIG. The host computer 400 includes a data receiving unit 401 and a database 402. These data receiving units 401
And the database 402 is stored in the host computer 40.
0 may or may not be included. Further, the switching board 500 includes an operator interface 501, an internal information collection unit 502, and a file transfer unit 503. The operator interface 501, the internal information collecting unit 502, and the file transfer unit 503 may be built in the switching board 500,
It does not have to be built-in. The internal information collection unit 502 and the file transfer unit 503 are connected to the database 504. This database 504 may or may not be built in the exchange table 500.

[0004] Next, a conventional method of collecting and transferring information inside a switchboard will be described with reference to FIG. In the switching board 500, a switching board operator (not shown) uses the operator interface 501 to input an internal information collection instruction. The switchboard 500 activates the internal information collection unit 502 in response to the internal information collection instruction, and stores the designated switchboard internal information in the database 504. Further, the exchange operator inputs an internal information transfer instruction using the operator interface 501. The switching board 500 activates the file transfer unit 503 according to the internal information transfer instruction, and reads the specified information from the database 504. Then, the exchange table 500 stores the read information in LA.
Host computer 40 connected via N network 600
Transfer to 0. In the host computer 400, the data receiving unit 401 receives the internal information, and stores this information in the database 402.

As prior art related to the present invention,
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 4-332239 discloses that not only a dedicated maintenance console but also station data information necessary for controlling an electronic exchange can be formed on a general host computer without manually inputting work. A "office data transfer notification system" has been proposed in which a program on a host computer can control an electronic exchange using organized information.

[0006]

The above-mentioned prior art has the following problems. First, since the database 504, which is a conventional storage location of the switchboard internal information, is a limited storage location in the switchboard 500, it cannot collect more than a certain amount of switchboard internal information. For this reason,
The switchboard operator needs to periodically transfer the switchboard internal information to the host computer 400 by manual operation, which has a problem of poor maintainability. Second, in the conventional switchboard internal information collection method, the switchboard 500 and the host computer 400 are connected to a dedicated line (in the example of FIG.
00), there is a problem that equipment for securing a dedicated line is required.

The above prior art only discloses a technical idea that allows a program on a host computer to control an electronic exchange, and is different from a technique for collecting internal information of a switchboard and transferring it to the host computer. It is a technical idea.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the maintainability of means for collecting and transferring internal information of a switchboard, and to eliminate the need for dedicated line equipment for connection between the switchboard and a host computer. It is to provide an information collection method.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for collecting internal information of an exchange connected to an exchange via a communication channel and transferring the information to a host computer, wherein the information is predetermined in the exchange. Automatic collecting means for automatically collecting data for providing the internal information provided, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, connecting the exchange to a host computer via an exchange to transfer the data to the host computer. And an automatic connection transfer means for automatically transferring the information to the switchboard.

Further, according to the present invention, in a method for collecting and transferring internal information of an exchange connected to an exchange via a communication path, predetermined internal information is provided inside the exchange. Automatically collecting data for connecting the switchboard to a host computer via a switchboard when predetermined conditions are satisfied, and automatically transferring the data to the host computer. A method for collecting and transferring information inside the exchange including the switchboard is obtained.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a communication system for realizing a method of collecting and transferring information inside a switchboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The illustrated communication system has a switchboard (console) 200 and a host computer 300, and the switchboard 200 and the host computer 300 are connected to the electronic exchange 100 via a communication path. The switchboard 200 includes an operator interface 201, a data collection function unit 202, and a data transfer function unit 203. The operator interface 201 and the data collection function unit 20
2, and the data transfer function unit 203 may or may not be built in the switching board 200.

The exchange table 200 includes a transfer destination registration unit 20.
4, a timing type registration unit 205 and a transfer data type registration unit 206 are further provided. The transfer destination registration unit 204, the timing type registration unit 205, and the transfer data type registration unit 206
1 connected. The transfer destination registration unit 20
4. The timing type registration unit 205 and the transfer data type registration unit 206 may or may not be built in the switching board 200.

The transfer destination registration unit 204 stores transfer destination connection instruction information to the host computer 300 as the transfer destination. The timing type registration unit 205 stores data collection and transfer control instruction information including control information based on the information collection time and control information based on the database storage set value. The transfer data type registration unit 206 stores data collection control instruction information composed of a switching board internal information data type and an internal information reading position.

The data collection function unit 202 and the data transfer function unit 203 are connected to a database 207.
This database 207 may or may not be built in the exchange table 200. The data collection function unit 202 operates according to the information collection control instruction information registered and instructed by the timing type registration unit 205, collects the switching board internal information registered and instructed by the transfer data type registration unit 206, and stores the information in the database 207. Collected data 211
(FIG. 2). The collected data 211 includes collected data contents. The data transfer function unit 203 operates according to the information transfer instruction registered by the timing type registration unit 205, and according to the transfer destination instruction information registered by the transfer destination registration unit 204, the exchange board 200 and the host computer 3.
00 is connected via a communication path, and the collected data 211 is read out from the database 207.
Transfer to 00.

The host computer 300 includes a data receiving unit 301 and a database 302. The data receiving unit 301 and the database 302 may or may not be included in the host computer 300. The host computer 300 receives the transmitted data by the data receiving unit 301 and stores it in the database 302.

FIG. 2 shows data used in the communication system shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the transfer destination registration unit 204 and the timing type registration unit 20 in the communication system shown in FIG.
5 and the operation of the transfer data type registration unit 206.
FIG. 4 shows operations of the data collection function unit 202 and the data transfer function unit 203 in the communication system shown in FIG.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, a method of collecting and transferring information inside a switching center according to the present invention will be described.

First, an exchange operator (not shown)
In step S1 of the registration item in the registration control process shown in FIG. 3, the operator interface 201 is used to instruct the exchange 200 to perform transfer destination registration, timing registration, and transfer data type registration.

In the transfer destination registration, the exchange 200 notifies the transfer destination registration unit 204 of the transfer destination network information specified by the operator interface 201 (step S).
2). Here, the transfer destination network information includes a telephone number of the transfer destination host computer and LAN information. The LAN information includes a host name, an account name, and a password. The transfer destination registration unit 204 stores the transfer destination network information as the transfer destination control data 208 (FIG. 2).

In the timing registration, the exchange 200 notifies the timing type registration unit 205 of the timing type information (step S3). The timing type information includes a time at which data collection is instructed and a database storage setting value. The timing type registration unit 205 stores the timing type information as the timing type control data 209 (FIG. 2).

In the transfer data type registration, the exchange 200 notifies the transfer data type registration unit 206 of the transfer data type information (step S4). The transfer data type information includes a switchboard internal information data type and an internal information reading position. The transfer data type registration unit 206 stores the transfer data type information as the transfer data type control data 210 (FIG. 2).

When each registration is completed (Yes in step S5)
s), the exchange 200 activates the data transfer control process shown in FIG. 4 according to the data collection and transfer control activation instruction (step S6).

As shown in FIG. 4, the data transfer control process includes a collection control process (step S20) and a transfer control process (step S30). The collection control process is executed by the data collection function unit 202, and the transfer control process is executed by the data transfer function unit 203.

In the collection control process, first, the data collection function unit 202 reads out the timing type control data 209 (FIG. 2) from the timing type registration unit 205 and executes timer control (step S21). The data collection function unit 202 compares the information collection instruction time with the current time, and monitors whether the time is the collection instruction time (step S2).
2).

When the collection instruction time arrives (step S2)
2), the data collection function unit 202 executes the data type control process in accordance with the data collection instruction (step S).
23). In this data type control process, the data collection function unit 202 reads the transfer data type control data 210 (FIG. 2) from the transfer data type registration unit 206. Subsequently, the data collection function unit 202 performs a data collection process (step S24). In this data collection processing, the data collection function unit 202 transmits the transfer data type control data 21
Data is collected based on 0 and stored in the database 207 as collected data 211 (FIG. 2).

When the data collection process is completed, the data collection function unit 202 executes a memory usage monitoring control process (step S25). In this memory usage monitoring control process, the data collection function unit 202 sends the timing type control data 209 (FIG. 2) from the timing type registration unit 205.
And compares the database storage set value in the timing type control data 209 with the memory usage of the database 207 (step S26). Here, when the memory usage exceeds the database storage setting value (Yes in step S26), a data transfer instruction is notified to the data transfer function unit 203 (step S27).

The data transfer function unit 203 which has received the data transfer instruction executes a transfer control process (step S3).
0). First, the data transfer function unit 203 executes a network connection process (step S31). In this network connection processing, the data transfer function unit 203 reads the transfer destination control data 208 (FIG. 2) from the transfer destination registration unit 204, and makes a call to the electronic exchange 100 using the transfer destination telephone number therein. A request is made to set up a circuit-switched call for connection to the road (step S32). In the electronic exchange 100, the host computer 30
0 and the exchange board 200 are connected. When the response signal of the host computer 300 notified from the electronic exchange 100 is received (step S33), the data collection function unit 202 executes data transfer control confirmation processing for the host computer 300 using the transfer destination network information (step S33). S34). When the data transfer control confirmation processing ends normally, the data transfer function unit 203 executes the data transfer processing (step S35). In this data transfer processing, the data transfer function unit 203 reads the collected data 211 (FIG. 2) from the database 207 and executes data transfer to the host computer 300. When the transfer of all the collected data 211 is completed, a data transfer completion report is received from the data transfer process (step S36). Data transfer function unit 203 that has received the data transfer completion report
Requests the electronic exchange 100 to disconnect the circuit-switched call (step S37). In response to this request, the electronic exchange 10
0 disconnects the communication path between the exchange 200 and the host computer 300. When receiving the disconnection signal from the electronic exchange 100, the data transfer function unit 203 ends the data collection and transfer control.

As described above, since the switchboard information collection / transfer, which has conventionally been performed manually by the switchboard operator on a regular basis, can be automatically executed, the maintainability is improved. Also,
Since the switchboard 200 and the host computer 300 can be connected via the electronic exchange 100, equipment for constantly connecting the switchboard and the host computer is not required, and unnecessary input of equipment can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
Various changes and modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, data for providing predetermined internal information is automatically collected in the switching board, and when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the exchange is performed. Since the base is connected to the host computer via the exchange and the data is automatically transferred to the host computer, the following effects are obtained.

The first effect is that the exchange switch internal information collection and transfer, which has conventionally been performed manually by the switch operator manually, becomes unnecessary, and the exchange internal information can be collected and transferred automatically. Therefore, maintainability can be improved.

The second effect is that extra communication path equipment for constantly connecting the exchange and the host computer, which has been conventionally used for data transfer, becomes unnecessary, and the equipment can be used effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system for realizing a method of collecting and transferring information inside a switchboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing various data used in the communication system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a registration operation required for realizing the method of collecting and transferring information inside a switchboard according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a method of collecting and transferring information inside a switchboard according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system used in a conventional switchboard internal information collection and transfer method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Electronic exchange 200 Switchboard (console) 201 Operator interface 202 Data collection function unit 203 Data transfer function unit 204 Transfer destination registration unit 205 Timing type registration unit 206 Transfer data type registration unit 207 Database 208 Transfer destination control data 209 Timing type control data 210 Transfer data type control data 211 Collected data 300 Host computer 301 Data receiving unit 302 Database

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Claims (11)

(57) [Claims] An apparatus for collecting internal information of an exchange connected to an exchange via a communication path and transferring the information to a host computer, wherein the internal information predetermined within the exchange is provided. Automatic collection means for automatically collecting the data, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, connecting the exchange to the host computer via the exchange,
And an automatic connection transfer unit for automatically transferring the data to the host computer. 2. The switchboard internal information collection and transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the switchboard includes the automatic collection unit and the automatic connection transfer unit. 3. The switchboard internal information collection and transfer device according to claim 1, further comprising a database for storing the collected data. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising means for registering a database storage setting value in advance, wherein the predetermined condition is that the memory usage of the database exceeds the database storage setting value. Switchboard internal information collection and transfer device. 5. The switchboard internal information collection and transfer device according to claim 1, further comprising means for registering an information collection time in advance, wherein said automatic collection means automatically collects said data at said information collection time. . 6. An automatic connection transfer means for registering connection destination information of the host computer as a transfer destination in advance, wherein the automatic connection transfer means uses the connection destination information to move the exchange board to the host computer via the exchange. 2. The switchboard internal information collection and transfer device according to claim 1, which is connected to a computer. 7. A method for collecting and transferring internal information of an exchange connected to an exchange via a communication path, wherein data for providing the internal information predetermined in the exchange is provided. Automatically collecting, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, connecting the exchange to the host computer via the exchange,
Automatically transferring the data to the host computer. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said automatic collection step stores the collected data in a database. 9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined condition is that the memory usage of the database exceeds a pre-registered database storage setting value. 10. The information collection and transfer method according to claim 7, wherein the automatic collection step automatically collects the data at a pre-registered information collection time. 11. The automatic connection transfer unit connects the switchboard to the host computer via the exchange using connection destination information of the host computer which is a transfer destination registered in advance. Method for collecting and transferring information inside the switchboard described in.