JPH1083290A - System and method for complementing communication service specification definition, and storage medium stored with their processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lighten the burden of communication service specification definition on a communication service developer by generating an icon component defining specifications regarding the linkage of a process between a 1st and a 2nd communication controller and complementing definitions of communication service specifications. SOLUTION: A process demarcation point decision part 6 detects the demarcation point of a process between the 1st and 2nd communication controllers from communication service specifications 2 by using knowledge (1)3 and knowledge (2)4. Then a process demarcation point state acquisition part 7 acquires the transition state of the 1st communication controller at the demarcation point detected by the decision part 6 by using knowledge (3)5 and complements linkage information on the process between the two different communication controllers to communication service specifications defined as a set of components. Consequently, when the communication service specifications actualized by the two communication controllers like an intelligent network are defined, specifications regarding the linkage between the communication controllers can automatically be generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication service having a high level of abstraction created on a screen of a workstation or the like by executing application software (communication service software) for executing a communication service provided by an intelligent network or the like. In particular, the communication service specification definition suitable for supporting non-expert service developers to easily define the more complete "communication service specifications" The present invention relates to a system, a method, and a recording medium storing a processing program therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a "communication service specification" used for automatically generating communication service software in an intelligent network or the like is defined in, for example, Mizuno et al .: "Communication Service Specification Design Method by Inputting Message Sequence Diagram" , Vo 1. J74-BI, N
o. 12, pp. 1042-1055, 1991). According to this technique, a communication service specification can be defined by describing a message sequence between a user and a network / user and a user from the start to the end of the call including the basic call processing. However, in this technology, in the case where a communication service is realized by two communication control devices in an intelligent network or the like, consideration is given to automatically defining "cooperation information" of processing between the respective communication control devices. It has not been.

[0003] As a conventional technique for generating such "cooperation information" of a process between communication control devices, for example, a definer of a "communication service specification" uses a message exchange between two communication control devices. There is provided a technology for defining a "communication service specification" and generating cooperation information of processing between communication control devices from the defined temporal transmission / reception relationship of messages. However, in the technique of defining a communication service specification by exchanging messages between two communication control devices, a definer of a communication service needs to provide a process definition between the communication control devices and a protocol between the communication control devices to a definer of the communication service. Detailed knowledge is required.

As another prior art, a definer of a communication service specification defines, for each communication control device, a demarcation point at which processing is switched to an opposing communication control device, and a state of the opposing communication control device at this demarcation point. There is provided a technique for generating cooperation information of processing between communication control devices by defining the information. For example, in a technology for realizing a communication service specification executed by a remote communication control unit in an intelligent network as a combination of service-independent components, a communication control unit (for example, an exchange) opposed to the remote communication control unit is modeled. For "parts", define a demarcation point for processing from the exchange to the remote communication control means, and a demarcation point for processing from the remote communication control means to the exchange,
The state of the switch is defined for each demarcation point. However, as described above, in the technology for defining the demarcation point of the process with the opposing communication control device and the state of the opposing communication control device at this demarcation point, in addition to the process sharing between the communication control devices, the opposing communication control Unless you are familiar with the state of the device, you cannot define communication service specifications.

[0005]

The problem to be solved is that, in the prior art, when a communication service specification realized by two communication control devices such as an intelligent network is defined, there is a problem between the communication control devices. The point is that it is not possible to automatically generate specifications relating to coordination. An object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art,
An object of the present invention is to provide a communication service specification definition system and method capable of reducing a communication service specification definition burden on a developer of a communication service in an intelligent network or the like, and a recording medium storing a processing program thereof.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, a communication service specification definition system according to the present invention comprises:
Communication that defines a communication service specification by describing a message sequence using each icon component (communication service specification definition component) associated with each communication service process from the start to the end of the call including the basic call process In the service specification definition system, a first communication control device 21 including at least a first icon component on a message sequence (communication service specification 2) and performing a corresponding communication service process, and a request from the first communication control device 21 A first table (knowledge (1) 3) in which a second communication control device 22 that performs a communication service process corresponding to an icon component based on each icon component to be processed by each of the second communication control device 22 and a first communication control For each icon part processed by the device 21, a first communication for each of the icon parts is performed. A control unit 21 a second table in which pre correspondence processing in parallel with the second communication control unit each icon component can be treated with 22 (knowledge (2) 4), first
The first communication control device 21 corresponding to each processing result of each icon component processed by the communication control device 21 and the processing result of the first communication control device 21 for each icon component And a third table (knowledge (3) 5) in which each transition state is associated in advance, and two icon parts described adjacently on the communication service specification 2 and processed by different communication control devices, respectively. (1) A transition point search unit (processing demarcation point discriminating unit 6) that detects using 3 and extracts an adjacent part of two icon parts on the communication service specification 2 as a transition point, and extracts the transition point search unit. All the icon parts that are continuously processed by the same communication control device described up to the transition point and the same communication control device described after the transition point A demarcation point specifying means (processing demarcation point discriminating unit 6) for discriminating, using knowledge (2) 4, a transition point at which all the icon parts to be processed are not processed in parallel at all, and specifying the determined transition point as a demarcation point; The transition state of the first communication control device 21 immediately before or immediately after the demarcation point specified by the demarcation point specifying means is represented by knowledge (3).
5 and the acquired first communication control device 2
And a state acquisition unit (processing demarcation point state acquisition unit 7) for describing an icon part corresponding to the transition state of No. 1 in a demarcation point part in the communication service specification 2. 1, the second communication control device 21,
2, an icon component defining a specification relating to the cooperation of the processes of the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 is generated based on the icon component processed by each of the communication components, and the definition of the communication service specification 2 is complemented. It is performed automatically. (2) In the communication service specification definition system described in the above (1), the demarcation point specifying means (processing demarcation point determining section 6) is first extracted by the transition point searching means (processing demarcation point determining section 6). From the first communication control device 21 to the second
The transfer point to the communication control device 22 is unconditionally specified as a demarcation point. (3) In the communication service specification definition system according to any one of the above (1) and (2), the demarcation point specifying means (processing demarcation point discriminating unit 6) Second
After specifying the demarcation point to the communication control device 22 of the above, when the next transition point is extracted by the transition point searching means (processing demarcation point determining unit 6), the second description from the demarcation point to the next transition point is described. Whether all icon components continuously processed by the communication control device 22 and all icon components continuously processed by the first communication control device 21 described after the transition point can be processed in parallel. If the parallel processing is not possible, the next transition point is specified as a demarcation point, and the first communication control by the transition point search means (processing demarcation point determining unit 6) after the next transition point is performed. When extracting a transition point from the device 21 to the second communication control device 22, the extracted transition point is specified as a demarcation point. In the communication service specification definition method of the present invention, (4) each icon component associated with each communication service process from the start to the end of a call including the basic call process is defined and defined on a message sequence. And a first communication control device 21 including at least a first icon part on a message sequence and performing a corresponding communication service process, and a first communication control method for complementing the communication service specification. Second communication control device 22 that performs a communication service process corresponding to the icon component based on a request from device 21
Is associated in advance with a first table (knowledge (1) 3) for each icon component to be processed by each, and for each icon component processed by the first communication control device 21, The icon components that can be processed by the second communication control device 22 in parallel with the processing of the first communication control device 21 are stored in a second table (knowledge (2) 4).
In advance, each icon component processed by the first communication control device 21 and each processing result of the first communication control device 21 for each of the icon components are added to each processing result. Each transition state of the corresponding first communication control device 21 is associated in advance with a third table (knowledge (3) 5), and is described adjacently on the message sequence and processed by different communication control devices. The two icon parts to be used are detected using the knowledge (1) 3, an adjacent part of the two icon parts on the message sequence is extracted as a transition point, and the same communication described up to the extracted transition point is extracted. All icon parts processed continuously by the control device and all icon parts processed continuously by the same communication control device described after the transition point are completely A transition point that is not subjected to row processing is determined using the knowledge (2) 4, the determined transition point is specified as a demarcation point, and the transition state of the first communication control device 21 immediately before or immediately after the specified demarcation point is determined. ,
The acquired icon part corresponding to the transition state of the first communication control device 21 is described in the demarcation point part of the message sequence using the knowledge (3) 5, and the first part described in the message sequence is described. , Second communication control device 2
Based on the respective icon components processed by the respective communication components 1 and 22, an icon component defining a specification relating to the coordination of the processing between the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 is generated, and the definition of the communication service specification is complemented. Is performed. (5) In the communication service specification definition supplementing method described in the above (4), the first communication control device 2 extracted first.
The transition point from the first communication control device 22 to the second communication control device 22 is specified unconditionally as a demarcation point. Also,
(6) In the communication service specification definition supplementing method according to any one of (4) and (5), after the demarcation point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22 is specified, When extracting the next transition point, the second communication control device 2 described from the demarcation point to the next transition point
It is determined whether or not all the icon parts continuously processed in step 2 and all the icon parts continuously processed in the first communication control device 21 described after the transition point can be processed in parallel. If the parallel processing is not possible, the next transition point is specified as a demarcation point, and the transition point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22 after the next transition point is extracted. At this time, the extracted transition point is specified as a demarcation point. Further, the recording medium of the present invention provides: (7) a communication service in which each icon component associated with each communication service process from the start to the end of a call including the basic call process is described in a message sequence and defined. A communication medium storing a computer processing program of a communication service specification definition complementing system for complementing specifications, wherein the first communication control device includes at least a first icon part on a message sequence and performs a corresponding communication service process. 21 and a second communication control device 22 that performs a communication service process corresponding to an icon component based on a request from the first communication control device 21 are stored in a first table (knowledge (1 1) a first procedure previously associated with 3), and each icon component processed by the first communication control device 21. The icon components that can be processed by the second communication control device 22 in parallel with the processing of the first communication control device 21 for each of the icon components are previously stored in a second table (knowledge (2) 4). The second procedure to be associated, each icon component processed by the first communication control device 21, and each processing result of the first communication control device 21 for each of the icon components, A third procedure for associating each transition state of the first communication control device 21 corresponding to the processing result with a third table (knowledge (3) 5) in advance; A fourth method of detecting two icon components processed by different communication control devices using knowledge (1) 3 and extracting an adjacent portion of the two icon components on the message sequence as a transition point. In this order, all the icon components that are continuously processed by the same communication control device described up to the extracted transition point and are continuously processed by the same communication control device that is described after the migration point A fifth step of determining using the knowledge (2) 4 a transition point at which all icon parts are not processed in parallel at all, and specifying the determined transition point as a demarcation point, and a fifth procedure immediately before or immediately after the specified demarcation point The transition state of the first communication control device 21 is acquired using the knowledge (3) 5 and the icon part corresponding to the acquired transition state of the first communication control device 21 is added to the demarcation point portion on the message sequence. Each icon component that includes at least a sixth procedure to be described and is processed by each of the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 described on the message sequence. Based on the above, an icon component defining a specification relating to the coordination of the processing between the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 is generated, and a program describing a processing procedure for complementing the definition of the communication service specification is recorded. It is characterized by the following. Also,
(8) In the storage medium according to the above (7), the fifth procedure of the recorded program is such that the first extracted transition point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22 is set to zero. It is characterized by including a procedure for specifying a demarcation point by a condition. Also, (9) the above (7) or (8)
In the recording medium according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the fifth procedure of the recorded program is performed by the first communication control device
After specifying the demarcation point to the communication control device 22, when extracting the next transition point, all the icons continuously processed by the second communication control device 22 described from the demarcation point to the next transition point It is determined whether or not the component and all the icon components that are continuously processed by the first communication control device 21 described after the transition point can be processed in parallel. If parallel processing is not possible, The next transition point is specified as a demarcation point, and when a transition point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22 is extracted after the next transition point, the extracted transition point is defined as a demarcation point. It is characterized by including the procedure specified as.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, when defining a communication service specification realized by two communication control devices, such as an intelligent network, a definer assigns processing between the two communication control devices. Automatically generate “specifications” related to coordination processing between two communication control devices from information of communication service specifications defined without awareness of
Supplement to communication service specifications. That is, the demarcation point of the process between the two communication control devices and the detailed information on the process sharing are acquired using the knowledge, and the specification regarding the cooperation between the respective communication control devices is automatically generated, and the communication service specification is obtained. To As a result, the communication service developer can define the communication service specification without being aware of the processing sharing among a plurality of communication control devices that have conventionally required advanced knowledge.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the configuration of the communication service specification definition system of the present invention according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a communication network using the same. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 21 and 22 denote first and second communication control devices which are objects of a supplementary process of a communication service specification according to the present invention, which constitute an intelligent network, and reference numerals 23 and 24 denote communication terminals such as telephones. .
In this example, the first communication control device 21 is an exchange and provides a basic connection function, and the second communication control device 22
Provide advanced communication service functions other than the basic connection function such as number conversion, and are connected via signal lines 25, respectively.

[0009] The first communication control device 21 is a communication terminal 2
When a function other than the communication basic connection function between the third and the 24 is required, the second communication control device 22 is requested to perform processing. The request for this processing is sent to the second communication control device 22.
There are two types, one in which the processing of the first communication control device 21 is interrupted during the processing, and the other in which the processing is performed in parallel. The second communication control device 22 performs the process requested by the first communication control device 21. If the process of the first communication control device 21 is interrupted, the second communication control device 22 transmits the processing result to the first communication control device 21. It is returned to the device 21.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a communication service specification definition storage unit for storing each communication service specification definition component (hereinafter simply referred to as “component”) as an icon component of the present invention, and 2 denotes a communication service specification definition component storage. Communication service specifications created from each component in the unit 1, 3 is knowledge as a first table according to the present invention (1), 4 is knowledge as a second table according to the present invention (2), 5 is knowledge Knowledge (3), 6 as a third table according to the present invention is a processing demarcation point determining unit as a transition point searching means and a demarcation point specifying means according to the present invention, and 7 is processing as a state obtaining means according to the present invention. The demarcation point state obtaining unit 8 is a complemented communication service specification in which the supplementary processing according to the present invention has been performed on the communication service specification 2.

The communication service specification 2 is defined as a set of a plurality of components stored in the communication service specification definition component storage 1. The knowledge (1) 3 distributes the processing corresponding to each component in the communication service specification definition component storage unit 1 in a distributed manner, and the first and second communication control devices 21 and 2 in FIG.
2 is associated in advance for each component. Knowledge (2) 4
Is associated in advance with each component that can be processed by the second communication control device 22 of FIG. 2 in parallel with the process for each component for each component processed by the first communication control device 21 of FIG. I have. The knowledge (3) 5 is assigned to each processing result for each component processed by the first communication control device 21 in FIG. 2 and for each processing result of the first communication control device 21 for each component. Each transition state of the corresponding first communication control device 21 is associated in advance.

The processing demarcation point determining unit 6 uses the knowledge (1) 3 and the knowledge (2) 4 to convert the communication service specification 2 into the first communication control device 21 and the second communication control device 2 in FIG.
The demarcation point of the process between the two is detected. The processing demarcation point state acquisition unit 7 acquires the transition state of the first communication control device 21 at the demarcation point detected by the processing demarcation point determination unit 6 using the knowledge (3) 5. The supplemented communication service specification 8 includes, in the communication service specification 2 defined as a set of parts, cooperation information of processing between two different communication control devices (first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 in FIG. 2). Is complemented.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a definition example of the communication service specification in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a definition example of the complemented communication service specification in FIG. 3 and 4, arrows and rectangular figures in the figures are
Equivalent to parts. For example, “input of called number” is a part corresponding to input processing of a dial number for specifying the called communication terminal 24 from the calling communication terminal 23, and the processing for this part is performed by the first exchange as the exchange. The communication control device 21 performs this. The “guidance” is the communication terminal 23 on the calling side.
This is a component corresponding to the process of transmitting guidance by voice to the second communication control device 22.

"Acquisition of location information" and "acquisition of information" are components to be processed by the second communication control device 22, and are processes for obtaining area information of a mobile telephone, for example. The “calling” and the “calling notification” are components corresponding to a general process performed by the first communication control device 21 as an exchange. The “response” is the communication terminal 24 on the receiving side.
, “Under call” is a component corresponding to the process between the communication terminals 23 and 24, and “disconnect” is a component corresponding to the process from the communication terminal 23 on the calling side, and is processed by the first communication control device 1. You.

"Call information collection" is performed by the second communication control device 2
And collects information such as the talk time between the communication terminals 23 and 24. The “busy tone” is a component corresponding to a process of notifying the communication terminal 24 that the connection with the communication terminal 23 has been disconnected, and the first communication control device 1 uses the “busy tone” of the second communication control device 2. It is processed in parallel with "call information collection". The last “disconnection” is a component corresponding to a process of receiving a disconnection notification from the communication terminal 24 on the receiving side, and the “call information collection” of the second communication control device 2 is performed by the first communication control device 1. Is processed in parallel.

With respect to the communication service specification having the configuration shown in FIG. 3, the communication service specification definition system of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 uses the knowledge (1) 3 to the knowledge (3) 5 to determine the processing demarcation point. 6 and the processing demarcation point state obtaining unit 7,
The supplementary communication service specification shown in FIG. 4 is generated by complementing the cooperation process between the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22. That is, “TDP (R) (Anal) in FIG.
size), PIC (An
alignInformation) "and" E
DP (N) (ODisconnect) "and other processing-related information.

As shown in FIG. 4, "TDP (R) (Analiz)
edInformation) "is" Trigger Detection Point: Trigger Detection "
"Point" indicates a part corresponding to the process of generating the first trigger from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22, and "(R)" will be described in detail later. The mode of “TDP” is “R (: Interrupt)”, indicating that processing before and after “TDP” is not performed in parallel by the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22, and “An”
“alformedInformation” is “information analysis completed”, indicating a state in which the first communication control device 21 has finished analyzing the dial information (called number).

In addition, "PIC (AnalizeInfo)
"PIC" is "Point In C"
"all: point-in-call" indicates a part corresponding to the process of once again starting the first communication control device 21 from the state of analyzing the dial information, and "Analize"
"Information" is "information analysis" and indicates a state in which the first communication control device 21 analyzes dial information (called number).

Further, “EDP (N) (ODisconn)
ect) ”is“ Event Detection ”
Point: Event Detection Point ”
The part corresponding to the process of generating the second or subsequent trigger from the communication control device 21 of the second communication control device 22 to the second communication control device 22 is shown, and “(N)” indicates that the mode of “EDP” is “N (: Noti
fy and Continue) ", indicating that the processing before and after" EDP "is performed in parallel by the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22, and" ODDisconnect "indicates" Or
“igination Disconnect: origination disconnect = calling side disconnection” indicates a state in which the first communication control device 21 has received a disconnection notification from the communication terminal 23 on the calling side.

The first and second communication control devices 2
The supplemented communication service specification shown in FIG. 4 in which the components related to the cooperation process between the communication terminals 23 and 24 are complemented by the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 for controlling the connection between the communication terminals 23 and 24. Used for automatic generation of programs (communication service software).

FIGS. 5 to 7 are explanatory diagrams showing respective configuration examples of knowledge (1), (2) and (3) in FIG. 1, respectively. In the knowledge (1) 3 shown in FIG. 5, "PTS1,
PTS2, PTS3,...
1, TCC2, TCC1,... ", Ie," the first communication control device 21, the second communication control device 2 "in FIG.
2, the first communication control device 21,... ". In the knowledge (2) 4 shown in FIG. 6, the parts “PTS1”, “PTS1”
3 ”,“ PTS5 ”, and“... ”In parallel with the processing of the first communication control device 21, respectively.
2, PTS6 "," PTS2 "," PTS2, PTS
4 indicates that the processing of the second communication control device 22 with respect to "..." is possible.

In the knowledge (3) 5 shown in FIG.
Each part “PTS1” processed by the communication control device 21 of
For each processing result for “PTS3” and “...” (“AN
SWER, NOANSWER "," IDLE, BUS
The transition states ("S1,""S2,""S3," and "S4") of the first communication control device 21 are shown in "Y" and "...". Such knowledge (1) 3-shown in FIGS.
(3) The operation of generating the supplemented communication service specification shown in FIG. 4 from the communication service specification shown in FIG.
A description will be given based on FIGS. 8 and 9.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing an example of a processing procedure according to the communication service specification defining method of the present invention. This example shows a procedure for generating the supplemented communication service specification of FIG. 4 including the processing cooperation information from the communication service specification of FIG. 3 by the configuration in FIG.
An example in which the processing is started from the first communication control device 21 of FIG. In the communication service specification of FIG.
The process relating to “input of called number” is performed by the first communication control device 21, the process from “guidance” to “information acquisition” is performed by the second communication control device 22, and further, “call” to “disconnect” Up to the first communication control device 21
The subsequent "call information collection" process is performed by the second communication control device 22, and the "busy tone" and "disconnect" processes are performed by the "call information collection" process performed by the second communication control device 22. In parallel with the processing, the first communication control device 21
It is assumed to be carried out.

First, the components in the defined communication service specification 2 are read by the processing demarcation point determining unit 6 (step 101). Next, the processing demarcation point determination unit 6 determines the knowledge (1)
3 and the read component is the first communication control device 2
It is determined which of the first communication control device 22 and the second communication control device 22 is to be processed, and a part to be processed by a different communication control device is adjacent (a transition point), in this example, the first communication control device 22 A search is made for a portion where the processing is transferred from 21 to the second communication control device 22 (step 102).

That is, in this example, as shown in FIG.
Adjacent portion (TD) of “Call number entry” and “Guidance”
P) is detected as a transition point. This detected transition point is the first transition point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22 (step 1).
03), before the transition point, since the processing is performed only in the first communication control device 21, the processing demarcation point determination unit 6 determines that the transition point is a demarcation point (step 104).

As described above, when the processing demarcation point determining section 6 determines that the transition point is a demarcation point, the processing demarcation point state acquiring section 7 performs processing in the first communication control device 21 immediately before the demarcation point. Search for parts to be used and knowledge (3)
5, the transition state of the first communication control device 21 at the demarcation point is determined (step 105). For example, FIG.
Using the knowledge (3) 5 shown in (1), the component processed by the first communication control device 21 immediately before the demarcation point is “PTS”.
1 ”and the processing result for this“ PTS1 ”is“ NOA
NSWR (no response) ", the first communication control device 2
The state at the demarcation point 1 is “S2”.

Then, using the knowledge (1) 3 by the processing demarcation point determining unit 6, a part where components to be processed by the next different communication control device in the communication service specification description of FIG. Then, a transition point from the second communication control device 22 to the first communication control device 21 is searched (step 106). That is, a portion adjacent to “information acquisition” and “calling” in the communication service specification of FIG. 3 (“PIC” shown in the communication service specification of FIG. 4) is detected as a transition point.

Then, the processing demarcation point determination unit 6 refers to the knowledge (2) 4 and immediately after the transition point determined to be the demarcation point in step 104, proceeds to step 10
A group of components continuously processed by the second communication control device 22 up to the transition point specified in Step 6;
It is determined whether or not all the component groups processed by the first communication control device 21 can be executed in parallel with each other immediately after the transition point detected in step 06 (step 107).

If parallel execution is possible, the processing demarcation point judging section 6
Then, the demarcation point determined in step 104 is a demarcation point in mode N (Notify and Continue) indicating a point at which parallel processing is performed between the two communication control devices.
If parallel execution is not possible, the demarcation point determined in step 104 is the mode R (Interrupt) indicating a point at which the processing of the first communication control device 21 is interrupted and the processing is taken over to the second communication control device 22. It is determined that it is a demarcation point (step 108). In this example, it is determined that the current point is the demarcation point of the mode “R”.

In the processing demarcation point state acquiring section 7, step 1
In 08, the part corresponding to the mode of the demarcation point specified by the processing demarcation point determination unit 6 and the state of the first communication control device 21 at the demarcation point determined in step 105 are:
As shown in the communication service specification of FIG. 4, “TDP (R) (Analyzed information) is provided between“ input of called number ”and“ guidance ”in the communication service specification of FIG.
)) to supplement the communication service specification of FIG. 3 (step 109).

When the mode of the demarcation point determined in step 108 is "R" (step 110), the processing is performed only in the second communication control unit 22 before the transition point searched in step 106. The processing demarcation point determination unit 6 determines that the transition point searched in step 106 is a demarcation point (step 111).
Then, the processing demarcation point state acquisition unit 7 searches for a component to be processed in the first communication control device 21 immediately after the demarcation point, and uses the knowledge (3) 5 to perform the first communication control at the demarcation point. The transition state of the device 21 is determined (step 11).
2), the determined state is supplemented to the communication service specification (in this example, as shown in FIG. 4, "PIC (Analy
zeInformation) ”is complemented) (step 113). Then, the process returns to step 102 to perform the processing for the next transition point (the transition point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22).

In the branching process of step 110, if the mode of the demarcation point determined in step 108 is "N", the processing demarcation point determination section 6 executes step 10
It is determined that the transition point searched in 6 is only a point where components to be executed in parallel in two different communication control devices are arranged, and is not a demarcation point (step 11).
4) Return to step 102. As described above, the processing demarcation point determination unit 6 determines whether or not the transition point searched in step 106 is a demarcation point based on the mode of the demarcation point determined in step 108 (the transition point determined as the demarcation point in step 104). Is determined.

In this way, returning to step 102,
The next transition point (the transition point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22; in this example, FIG. 3
"Disconnect" and "Call information collection" in the communication service specifications
And the adjacent part). The transition point detected here is the second transition point from the first communication control device 21 to the second communication control device 22.
Then, the process proceeds to step 115 in FIG. 9, and the processing demarcation point determination unit 6
The mode of the demarcation point ("TDP (R)" in FIG. 4) of the process to the communication control device 22 is read, and it is determined whether or not the transition point is the demarcation point.

Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG. If the mode is "R" (step 116), since the processing is performed only in the first communication control device 21 before the transition point, the transition point is the demarcation point in the processing demarcation point determination unit 6. And the procedure from step 104 in FIG. 8 is repeated.

In this example, as shown in FIG.
"P (R)", the mode is "R", and the procedure from step 104 is performed. That is, in step 104, FIG.
"Disconnect" and "Call information collection" in the communication service specifications
Is determined as the demarcation point, and step 10
In 5, the state of the first communication control device 21 at the demarcation point is determined to be “ODDisconnect”. This "O
The “Disconnect” state and the demarcation points of “disconnection” and “call information collection” are complemented as “EDP” shown in FIG.

In this example, during the processing for this "EDP", in step 106, the next transition point is
3 are searched for adjacent portions of "call information collection" and "busy tone". The processes of "call information collection" and "busy tone" in FIG. 3 are respectively performed by the second communication control device 22 and the first communication. Since the processing is performed in parallel by the controller 21, the mode of the demarcation point “EDP” is determined to be “N” in step 108, and in step 109,
As shown in FIG. 4, it is complemented as “EDP (N)”.
As a result, the process branches from step 110 to step 114. In step 114, it is determined that the transition point between “call information collection” and “busy tone” is not a demarcation point, and nothing is described as shown in FIG.

If the transition point searched in step 102 for the second time or later is the mode "N" such as the demarcation point "EDP" or the like, as a result of the determination in step 115, the branch destination in step 116 Becomes step 117. Then, in step 117, the processing demarcation point determination unit 6 performs step 114 in FIG.
The part group processed by the first communication control device 21 continuously from immediately after the transition point determined not to be a demarcation point to the transition point searched second and subsequent times in step 102, and It is determined whether or not all the component groups processed by the second communication control device 22 can be executed in parallel with each other immediately after the transition point searched after the first time.

If both parts cannot be executed in parallel (step 118), the process proceeds to step 104 in FIG. 8, where the transition point searched for the second time or later in step 102 is determined to be a demarcation point, and the subsequent procedure is repeated. . In addition, if both the component groups can be executed in parallel with each other in step 118, the transition point searched in the second and subsequent steps is not a demarcation point (the components executed in parallel in two different communication control devices are arranged side by side). (Step 119).

In this case, the processing demarcation point judging section 6 uses the knowledge (1) 3 to make a transition point (the second communication control device 22 , A transition point to the first communication control device 21) is searched (step 120), the process proceeds to step 114 in FIG. 8, and it is determined that the transition point searched in step 120 is not a demarcation point (at the point). The first communication control device 21 is already processing), and the procedure from step 102 is repeated.

By such processing, the first and second communication control units 2 described in the communication service specification shown in FIG.
Based on each part processed in each of the first and second,
Components related to the cooperative processing between the second communication control devices 21 and 22 are automatically generated and supplemented, and the communication service specifications shown in FIG. 4 can be obtained. In addition, such a step 10
The program describing each processing procedure according to 1-120 is
It is provided by being stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9, in the communication service specification definition system and method of the present embodiment, the demarcation point of processing between the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 is described. Further, detailed information on the processing sharing is acquired using the knowledge (1) 3 to (3) 5, and the specification regarding the cooperation between the first and second communication control devices 21 and 22 is automatically generated. be able to. As a result, the communication service developer can define the communication service specification without being aware of the processing sharing among a plurality of communication control devices that required advanced knowledge. The burden of definition is reduced, and the man-hour required for defining the communication service specification can be significantly reduced. Further, since specifications relating to the process cooperation that easily causes a bug are automatically generated, the number of bugs can be reduced, and as a result, the number of test steps for the communication service can be significantly reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. For example, in the present embodiment, the first transition point is unconditionally determined as a demarcation point. However, the demarcation point is also determined for the first transition point by the process of step 115 in FIG. Is also good. Further, in the present embodiment, the mode of the demarcation point is determined, and the mode is used for determining the demarcation point of the subsequent transition point. However, this mode is not used, and for all the transition points, The processing of step 115 in FIG. 9 may be performed to determine whether or not the current point is a demarcation point.

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According to the present invention, when a communication service specification realized by two communication control devices such as an intelligent network is defined, a specification relating to cooperation between the communication control devices is automatically generated. Can be
It is possible to reduce the burden of defining communication service specifications on a developer of a communication service in an intelligent network or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a configuration according to the present invention of a communication service specification definition system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a communication network using the communication service specification definition system in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a definition example of a communication service specification in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a definition example of a complemented communication service specification in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of knowledge (1) in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of knowledge (2) in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of knowledge (3) in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a half part of an example of a processing procedure according to the communication service specification defining method of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a 2/2 part of a processing procedure example according to the communication service specification definition method of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: communication service specification definition component storage unit, 2: communication service specification, 3: knowledge (1), 4: knowledge (2), 5: knowledge (3), 6: processing demarcation point determination unit, 7: processing demarcation point State acquisition unit, 8: complemented communication service specification, 21: first communication control device, 22: second communication control device, 23, 24:
Communication terminal, 25: signal line.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A communication service for complementing a communication service specification in which each icon component associated with each communication service process from the start to the end of a call including a basic call process is described on a message sequence and defined. A specification definition supplementing system, comprising: a first communication control device including at least a first icon component on the message sequence and performing a corresponding communication service process; A first table in which the corresponding second communication control device performing the communication service processing is previously associated with each of the icon components to be processed, and the respective icon components processed by the first communication control device; Separately, the second communication control is performed in parallel with the processing of the first communication control device for each of the icon components. A second table in which icon components that can be processed by the device are associated in advance, the respective icon components processed by the first communication control device, and the first communication for each of the icon components. For each processing result of the control device, the first
A third table in which each transition state of the communication control device is associated in advance, and two icon components described adjacently on the message sequence and processed by different communication control devices, respectively, in the first table. And using the same communication described up to the transition point extracted by the transition point search means for detecting a portion adjacent to the two icon parts on the message sequence as a transition point. The transition point in which all the icon parts continuously processed by the control device and all the icon parts continuously processed by the same communication control device described after the above transition point are not processed in parallel at all is referred to as the second transition point. And a demarcation point specifying means for specifying the determined transition point as a demarcation point, and a demarcation point specifying method. The transition state of the first communication control device immediately before or immediately after the demarcation point specified in (1) is acquired using the third table, and the transition state corresponding to the acquired transition state of the first communication control device is obtained. At least state acquisition means for describing an icon component at the demarcation point on the message sequence, wherein each icon component is processed by each of the first and second communication control devices described on the message sequence A communication service specification definition supplement, wherein an icon component that defines a specification relating to the coordination of processing between the first and second communication control devices is generated based on the above, and the definition of the communication service specification is complemented. system. 2. The communication service specification definition supplementing system according to claim 1, wherein the demarcation point specifying means is configured to perform the second communication control from the first communication control device first extracted by the transition point searching means. A communication service specification definition supplementing system characterized in that a transition point to a device is unconditionally specified as a demarcation point. 3. The communication service specification definition supplementing system according to claim 1, wherein the demarcation point specifying unit is configured to switch from the first communication control device to the second communication control device. When the next transition point is extracted by the transition point searching means after specifying the demarcation point, the second communication control device described from the demarcation point to the next transition point continuously processes the data. It is determined whether or not all the icon components to be processed and all the icon components continuously processed by the first communication control device described after the transition point can be processed in parallel. If it is not possible, the next transition point is specified as a demarcation point, and the first communication control device transmits the second communication point by the transition point search means after the next transition point. A communication service specification definition supplementing system characterized in that when a transition point to a communication control device is extracted, the extracted transition point is specified as a demarcation point. 4. A communication service for complementing a communication service specification in which each icon component associated with each communication service process from the start to the end of a call including a basic call process is described on a message sequence and defined. A specification definition supplementing method, comprising: a first communication control device including at least a first icon component on the message sequence and performing a corresponding communication service process; The corresponding second communication control device that performs the communication service processing is previously associated with a first table for each of the icon components that are to be processed, and the icons that are processed by the first communication control device are associated with each other. For each component, the second communication control is performed in parallel with the processing of the first communication control device for each of the icon components. Each icon component that can be processed by the device is associated in advance with a second table, and each of the icon components processed by the first communication control device, and
For each processing result of the first communication control device for each of the icon components, each transition state of the first communication control device corresponding to each processing result is previously associated with a third table, Two icon components described adjacently on the message sequence and processed by different communication control devices are respectively detected using the first table, and an adjacent portion of the two icon components on the message sequence is detected. Is extracted as a transition point, and all icon parts that are continuously processed by the same communication control device described up to the extracted transition point and the same communication control device described after the transition point The second table is used to determine the transition point at which all the icon components to be processed are not processed in parallel, and the determined transition is performed. An int as a demarcation point, a transition state of the first communication control device immediately before or immediately after the specified demarcation point is acquired using the third table, and the acquired first communication control device is acquired. An icon component corresponding to the transition state of the device is described in the demarcation point portion on the message sequence, and the icon component processed by each of the first and second communication control devices described on the message sequence is described. A communication service specification definition complementing method, comprising generating an icon component defining a specification relating to the coordination of the processing between the first and second communication control devices based on the definition, and complementing the definition of the communication service specification. . 5. The communication service specification definition supplementing method according to claim 4, wherein the first extracted transition point from the first communication control device to the second communication control device is:
A method for supplementing the definition of a communication service specification, characterized by specifying the demarcation point unconditionally. 6. The communication service specification definition supplementing method according to claim 4, wherein the demarcation point is specified from the first communication control device to the second communication control device. Thereafter, when extracting the next transition point, all the icon parts that are continuously processed by the second communication control device described from the demarcation point to the next transition point and the icon components described after the transition point are described. It is determined whether or not all the icon components that are continuously processed by the first communication control device can be processed in parallel. If the parallel processing is not possible, the next transition point is demarcated. And specifying the extracted transition point as a demarcation point when extracting the transition point from the first communication control device to the second communication control device after the next transition point. Characteristic communication service specification definition complementing method. 7. A communication service for complementing a communication service specification in which each icon component associated with each communication service process from start to end of a call including a basic call process is described on a message sequence and defined. A storage medium storing a computer processing program of a specification definition supplementing system, the communication control apparatus including at least a first icon component on the message sequence and performing a corresponding communication service process, and the first communication control device A first procedure in which a second communication control device that performs the communication service process corresponding to the icon component based on a request from the control device is associated in advance with a first table for each of the icon components that are processed by the first communication device. And for each of the icon components processed by the first communication control device, A second procedure for associating each icon component that can be processed by the second communication control device with a second table in advance in parallel with the processing of the first communication control device with respect to this; For each of the icon components processed by the communication control device, and for each of the processing results of the first communication control device for each of the icon components, the first communication control device corresponding to each of the processing results A third method in which each transition state is previously associated with a third table
And the two icon parts described adjacently on the message sequence and processed by different communication control devices are respectively detected using the first table, and the two icons on the message sequence are detected. A fourth procedure of extracting an adjacent part of a component as a transition point, all icon components continuously processed by the same communication control device described up to the extracted transition point, and descriptions of the icon components after the transition point; The second table is used to determine, using the second table, the transition point at which all icon components that are continuously processed by the same communication control device are not processed in parallel, and the determined transition point is specified as a demarcation point. The procedure of 5 and the transition state of the first communication control device immediately before or immediately after the specified demarcation point are described by using the third table. Won Te describes the icon component to the demarcation point part on the message sequence corresponding to the transition state of the acquired said first communication controller 6
And at least one of the first and second icons based on the respective icon components processed by the first and second communication control devices described in the message sequence.
A recording medium characterized by generating an icon component defining a specification relating to the coordination of processing between communication control devices, and recording a program describing a processing procedure for complementing the definition of the communication service specification. 8. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the fifth step of the recorded program is a transition point from the first communication control device extracted first to the second communication control device. Characterized in that it includes a step of unconditionally specifying a demarcation point. 9. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the fifth procedure of the recorded program is performed by the first communication control device by the second communication control. After specifying the demarcation point to the device, when extracting the next transition point, all the icon components continuously processed by the second communication control device described from the demarcation point to the next transition point It is determined whether or not all the icon components continuously processed by the first communication control device described after the transition point can be processed in parallel. If the parallel processing is not possible, Specifying the next transition point as a demarcation point, and transmitting the second communication point from the first communication control device after the next transition point.
Recording a transition point to the communication control device of (1), wherein the extracted transition point is specified as a demarcation point.