Appeal No. 96-2854
Application No. 08/119,980
the application.
The invention relates to a method of reporting
faults in communication switching system networks.
The only independent claim, claim 1, is reproduced
as follows:
1. A method of reporting an event to a monitoring
station in a network of communication switching exchanges
comprising:
(a) monitoring in each exchange for events to be
reported,
(b) upon detection of the event, the exchange in
which the event occurred automatically dialing a gateway
network node to which a network monitoring station is
connected,
(c) upon the network node responding to the
automatic dialing, sending at least one DTMF signal containing
a report of the nature of the event and an identification of
the exchange in which the event occurred to the network node
for provision to the network monitoring station with an
identification of the network node.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Okanda 63-189040 Aug. 4,
19882
Okurano 2-13054 Jan. 17, 19902
2Our understanding of this reference is based on a
translation obtained by the USPTO, copy enclosed.
2
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