Gps for telephone line records
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsRobert M. Ingman, Charles E. Reddick, Steven G. Smith, Marvin R. Hamrick
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancing telephone line records with Global Positioning System coordinates. One embodiment acquires Global Positioning System information associated with a telephone number. This embodiment uses the Global Positioning System information to create a telephone line record for a telephone number. The Global Positioning System information describes latitude, longitude, and elevation associated with the telephone number. The Global Positioning System information, for example, could define the location of a customer's service address, a service terminal, a cross-connect box, a wire center, and/or a central office.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- acquiring Global Positioning System information associated with a telephone number;
- and
- assembling a telephone line record using the Global Positioning System information.
A method, comprising:
- dispatching a work order describing trouble with a telecommunications network, the work order associated with a telephone number, the work order comprising Global Positioning System information retrieved from a database, the Global Positioning System information for locating at least one of i) a service address associated with the telephone number and ii) a telephone plant facility associated with the telephone number;
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- receiving updated Global Positioning System information, the updated Global Positioning System information describing an actual location of at least one of i) the service address associated with the telephone number and ii) the telephone plant facility associated with the telephone number.
A system, comprising:
- a Line Record Assembler module stored in memory, the Line Record Assembler module acquiring Global Positioning System information associated with a telephone number, the Line Record Assembler module using the Global Positioning System information to create a telephone line record for the telephone number;
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- a processor communicating with the memory and executing instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.