Systems and methods for providing enum service activations

Abstract

A device performing operations including instantiating at least one vENUM instance, wherein the at least one vENUM instance responds to a query by determining if at least one of: a service or a record is operating; when the at least one of: the service or the record is operating, initiating, by the at least one vENUM instance, a query for the at least one of the service or the record; defining at least one virtual availability zone; instantiating a propagation module responsible for the at least one virtual availability zone, wherein the propagation module communicates with a database associated with the virtual availability zone and a name server, and updates the database based on the determining step of the at least one vENUM instance; instantiating a provisioning module within the propagation module.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A network device comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 instantiating at least one tElephone NUmber Mapping virtual machine (vENUM) instance configured to initiate an internet protocol-based multimedia session instantiated (IMSI) session for at least one of a service and a record; 
 instantiating a propagation module responsible for at least one virtual availability zone, wherein the propagation module communicates with a database associated with the virtual availability zone and a name server, and updates the database; and 
 instantiating a provisioning module, the provisioning module responsible for the at least one virtual availability zone, wherein the provisioning module defines a queue within the propagation module for each IMSI session. 
   
     
     
         2 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 awaiting an activate command for an identified service or record, via an input/output device; and   upon receiving the activate command, activating the identified service or record.   
     
     
         3 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 awaiting a deactivate command for an identified service or record via an input/output device; and   upon receiving the deactivate command, deactivating the identified service or record.   
     
     
         4 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 when the at least one of the service and the record is operating, determining if the service was disabled, and if the service was disabled, clearing any alarm and announcing service disabled via an input/output device;   when the at least one of the service and the record is not operating, generating an alarm via the input/output device, determining if automatic disablement is permitted, and if permitted, automatically disabling the at least one of the service and the record;   when automatic disablement is not permitted, prompting for a disablement instruction via the input/output device and disabling the at least one of the service and the record upon receiving the disablement instruction; and   automatically enabling the at least one of the service and the record after the step of announcing.   
     
     
         5 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 prompting for a command to enable the at least one of the service and the record via an input/output device and enabling the at least one of the service and the record after receiving the command to enable.   
     
     
         6 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the provisioning module is configured to use the at least one virtual availability zone as a national provisioning zone. 
     
     
         7 . The network device of  claim 6  wherein the provisioning module is configured to provision data to the national provisioning zone and provision fail over to another availability zone of the at least one virtual availability zone for back up. 
     
     
         8 . The network device of  claim 1  wherein the instantiating the at least one vENUM instance comprises assigning the at least one vENUM instance to a virtual availability zone record within the database. 
     
     
         9 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one virtual availability zone corresponds to a geographic area. 
     
     
         10 . The network device of  claim 1  further comprising:
 instantiating a collector module that examines the queue, wherein upon completion a provisioning operation, the collector module removes one or more elements from the queue. 
 
     
     
         11 . A method comprising:
 instantiating, by a processing system including a processor, at least one tElephone Number Mapping virtual machine (vENUM) instance adapted to initiate an internet protocol-based multimedia session instantiated (IMSI) session for the at least one of a service and a record;   instantiating, by the processing system, a propagation module responsible for a virtual availability zone, wherein the propagation module communicates with a database associated with the virtual availability zone and a name server, and updates the database; and   instantiating, by the processing system, a provisioning module responsible for the virtual availability zone, wherein the provisioning module defines a queue within the propagation module for each IMSI session.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 communicating, by the processing system, an alarm via an input/output device when the at least one of the service and the record is not operating.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 communicating, by the processing system, a notification via the input/output device if the at least one of the services and the record is operating properly and the service is disabled, wherein the notification advises that the service was disabled.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 reviewing, by the processing system, an additional service upon receiving a command identifying the additional service via the input/output device.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the provisioning module comprises the propagation module. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the service includes at least one of a multi-sim phone, a connected vehicle, and an internet of things device. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one instance comprises a plurality of instances operating in parallel. 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 instantiating at least one tElephone NUmber Mapping virtual machine (vENUM) instance, configured to initiate an internet protocol-based multimedia session instantiated (IMSI) session for the at least one of a service and a record;   instantiating a propagation module responsible for at least one virtual availability zone, wherein the propagation module communicates with a database associated with the at least one virtual availability zone and a name server, and updates the database; and   instantiating a provisioning module, the provisioning module responsible for at least one virtual availability zone, wherein the provisioning module defines a queue within the propagation module for each IMSI session.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the provisioning module is configured to use the at least one virtual availability zone as a national provisioning zone. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the provisioning module is configured to provision data to the national provisioning zone and provision fail over to another availability zone of the at least one virtual availability zone for back up.