Expert and data base system and method for communications network

Patent 5175800 Issued on December 29, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 7, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

3550093

3703006

Hierarchical knowledge system Patent #: 4591983
Issued on: 05/27/1986
Inventor: Bennett , et al.

Inventors

Application

No. 742577 filed on 08/07/1991

US Classes:

706/45, KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM706/908, Electronic or computer (internal or network) circuit706/909Communication

Examiners

Primary: MacDonald, Allen R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

Foreign Patent References

0201308A2 EP. 11/13/1986
00199 EP. 10/13/1987
0260579A2 EP. 02/13/1988

International Class

G05B 013/00

Abstract

A configuration expert system and a configuration database system which provides the means for a complete (re) configuration task for communications networks. The present invention allows a human user to define and maintain a communications network requirements database for (re) configuration of a communications network. Further, the present invention allows a human user to define and maintain a network configuration database for the physical and logical layers of a network. The present invention generates a communications network configuration database and produces network loadable configuration data for the communications network. Upload communications network configuration data means are provided between the network and for transferring communications network (re)configuration information to the present invention. The expert system of the present invention validates the human user's requirements or changes to requirements for the communications network and produces an expert configuration data set of options for the full and partial configuration tasks of a communications network.

Other References

McDermott, J., "R1: An Expert in the Computer System Domain," Proceedings of the AAAI, (1980)
Roman, E., "Expert System Software for Telecommunications Applications," Polytechnic Inst. of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Conference on Software Tools, IEEE Computer Society, Computer Society Press, Apr. 15, 1985, 179-183
Liebowitz, J., "Expert Systems and Telecommunications," Telematics and Informatics, Pergamon Press Ltd., vol. 2, No. 3, 195-206 (1985)
Klahr, C., "An Expert System Can Greatly Reduce Expenditures for Telecommunications," Data Communications, Jul. 1985, pp. 155-167
Cynar, L., et al., "Computers Design Networks by Imitating the Experts," Data Communications, Apr. 1986, pp. 137-145 (Part 1)
Cynar, L., et al., "Export Systems Solve Network Problems and Share the Information," Data Communications, May 1986, pp. 187-192 (Part 2