Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that allows a party to submit multiple requests for management activities to a telecommunications device in a single submission. The telecommunications device includes a network interface for communicating with the party to allow the party to submit the multiple requests in a single submission. The network interface downloads content for the party to select and downloads a program that aggregates the selections of the party into a suitable data structure. The data structure holds multiple requests for management activities in the telecommunications device and is transmitted to the telecommunications device in a single submission.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that allows a telecommunications device, such as a switch, to be configured to support multiple communication protocols for the purpose of network management. The telecommunications device is provided with an interface that is adaptable to support a communications protocol selected by a requesting party. The telecommunications device is further provided with a management facility that is capable of handling multiple requests for management activities from multiple requesting parties. The interface translates each received request for management activities from each party into a format understandable by the management facility. In this manner, the telecommunications device avoids having to build or rebuild a party specific management facility for each party seeking to perform network management activities on the telecommunications device.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for centralizing text message storage and processing in a computer controlled process system. The method minimizes the memory storage requirements overall and also minimizes the memory required to reference a text message within an inter-task message in a multi-tasked software operating system. A Text Reference Method (TRM) defines different formats to reference texts in a single word. These formats flexibly allow for several types of text message handling so that memory is optimized and processing overhead is minimized. The TRM permits partitioning of text databases by type but maintains a central management philosophy in order to reduce duplicate text messages and maintain consistency in text usage. A global standardized access method is presented for use by disparate tasks in a system.