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US 10,242,328 B2Granted
Tracking telecommunication expenses
AssigneeService Bureau Intel S.A.
InventorClaudio Marcelo Lopez
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to tracking telecommunication expenses. In some implementations, a method includes aggregating data associated with telecommunication services used by an employee. One or more policies of an enterprise are automatically identified for evaluating the used services. The enterprise policies are associated with the employee. A violation of one or more enterprise policies is determined based, at least in part, on comparing the aggregated data to the enterprise policies.
Claims21
A method for tracking enterprise expenses, comprising:
- receiving, from one or more Private Branch eXchanges (PBXs) in an enterprise network and connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN), information identifying a plurality of different telecommunication services consumed by an employee in the PSTN, wherein one or more computing devices in the enterprise network receives the information directly from the PBXs;
- determining pricing policies for each of the plurality of different telecommunication services;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices in the enterprise network, costs associated with each of a plurality of different telecommunication services consumed by the employee based on the information directly received from the PBXs;
- aggregating, by the one or more computing devices in the enterprise network, the costs associated with the plurality of different telecommunication services accessed in an enterprise network;
- automatically determining one or more policies of an enterprise for evaluating the plurality of different telecommunication services accessed in the enterprise network, the enterprise policies associated with the employee and defining at least one of a logical expression or a mathematical expression;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices in the enterprise network, a violation of one or more enterprise policies based, at least in part, on the at least one of a logical expression or a mathematical expression and the aggregated costs;
- and
- in response to at least the violation, automatically updating settings in the one or more of the PBXs to prevent access by the employee to at least one of the plurality of different telecommunication services.
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A system for tracking enterprise expenses, comprising:
- memory configured to store one or more policies of an enterprise;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive, from one or more Private Branch eXchanges (PBXs) in an enterprise network and connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN), information identifying a plurality of different telecommunication services consumed by an employee in the PSTN, wherein the system in the enterprise network receives the information directly from the PBXs;
- determine pricing policies for each of the plurality of different telecommunication services;
- determine, by the system in the enterprise network, costs associated with each of a plurality of different telecommunication services consumed by the employee based on the information directly received from the PBXs;
- aggregate, by the system in the enterprise network, the costs associated with the plurality of different telecommunication services accessed in an enterprise network;
- automatically determine one or more policies of an enterprise for evaluating the plurality of different telecommunication services accessed in the enterprise network, the enterprise policies associated with the employee and defining at least one of a logical expression or a mathematical expression;
- determine, by the system in the enterprise network, a violation of one or more enterprise policies based, at least in part, on the at least one of a logical expression or a mathematical expression and the aggregated costs;
- and
- in response to at least the violation, automatically update settings in the one or more of the PBXs to prevent access by the employee to at least one of the plurality of different telecommunication services.
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Apparatus for tracking enterprise expenses comprising computer-readable instructions embodied on non-transitory media and operable to:
- receive, from one or more Private Branch eXchanges (PBXs) in an enterprise network and connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN), information identifying a plurality of different telecommunication services consumed by an employee in the PSTN, wherein the apparatus in the enterprise network receives the information directly from the PBXs;
- determine pricing policies for each of the plurality of different telecommunication services;
- determine, by the apparatus in the enterprise network, costs associated with each of a plurality of different telecommunication services consumed by the employee based on the information directly received from the PBXs;
- aggregate, by the apparatus in the enterprise network, the costs associated with the plurality of different telecommunication services accessed in an enterprise network;
- automatically determine one or more policies of an enterprise for evaluating the plurality of different telecommunication services accessed in the enterprise network, the enterprise policies associated with the employee and defining at least one of a logical expression or a mathematical expression;
- determine, by the apparatus in the enterprise network, a violation of one or more enterprise policies based, at least in part, on the at least one of a logical expression or a mathematical expression and the aggregated costs;
- and
- in response to at least the violation of the one or more enterprise policies, automatically update settings in the one or more of the PBXs to prevent access by the employee to at least one of the plurality of different telecommunication services.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.