Abstract: A telecommunication system (such as a switch) connects a plurality of subscriber lines to a telecommunications network, and includes a common element. The common element, including a data management agent, is provided for distributing data from a source location to a set of hardware entities, which are subtended from the common element. The data management agent includes a transfer agent, a buffer pool and a plurality of download agents. The transfer agent retrieves the data from the source location and stores it in the buffer pool. The download agents retrieve the data from the buffer pool and transmit the retrieved data to a corresponding hardware entity. Thus, the efficiency for transferring data from the source location to the hardware entities is improved.

Abstract: A telephony switch configurator to manage and control at least one telephony switch from a network device, said telephony switch containing a read/writable storage medium for storing a configuration of said telephony switch and which is accessible from a computer network through a first data transport protocol handler, the network device communicating with said network through a second data transport protocol handler, said configurator comprising: (a) a command generator within said network device that issues commands to be executed by said telephony switch; (b) a first access server within the said network device for managing a connection to said telephony switch; (c) a first interface between said command generator and said first access server for translating said commands between said command generator to said first access server; (d) a second interface between said first access server and said data transport protocol handler for translating said commands between said first access server and said data