Telecommunications circuit provisioning and administration system

A telecommunications circuit provisioning and administration system for providing telecommunications service comprising:

• an access request management component which receives access service requests for a plurality of different types of telecommunications circuits, processes the access service requests, and produces provisioning data packets containing information relating to the requested telecommunications circuits, each provisioning data packet including at least one order relating to a telecommunications circuit;
• an interface connected to the access request management component for transmitting information to and from the access request management component, the interface capable of communicating information between a mainframe computer system and a distributed mid-range computer system;
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• a circuit administration component connected to the interface, wherein the circuit administration component receives the provisioning data packets from the access request management component through the interface, processes the information contained in the provisioning data packets, generates order confirmation messages containing information relating to the status of the telecommunications service ordered in the access service requests, communicates the order confirmation messages to the access request management component through the interface, and produces automated circuit layout records for telecommunications circuit orders contained in the provisioning data packets,
• wherein the circuit administration component includes a plurality of order processors each associated with a different type of telecommunications circuit for processing the information contained in the provisioning data packets and generating the order confirmation messages.

A telecommunications circuit provisioning and administration system for providing telecommunications service comprising:

• an access request management unit which receives orders for a plurality of different types of telecommunications circuits including special service circuits, the access request management unit including a processor for processing the orders and producing provisioning data packets containing information relating to the orders for telecommunications circuits, each provisioning data packet including at least one order relating to a telecommunications circuit;
• an interface connected to the access request management unit for transmitting information to and from the access request management unit, the interface capable of communicating information between a mainframe computer system and a distributed computer system;
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• a circuit administration unit connected to the interface including:
• communications means for receiving the provisioning data packets from the access request management unit through the interface, and
• a processor for processing the information contained in the provisioning data packets and generating order confirmation messages containing information relating to the status of the orders for telecommunications circuits, the processor further generating automated circuit layout records for telecommunications circuit orders contained in the provisioning data packets,
• wherein the communications means transmits the order confirmation messages to the access request management unit through the interface.

A telecommunications circuit provisioning and administration system for providing telecommunications service comprising:

• an access request management unit which receives orders for a plurality of different types of telecommunications circuits, the access request management unit including a processor for processing the orders and producing provisioning data packets containing information relating to the orders for telecommunications circuits, each provisioning data packet including at least one order relating to a telecommunications circuit;
• an interface connected to the access request management unit for transmitting information to and from the access request management unit, the interface capable of communicating information between a mainframe computer system and a distributed mid-range computer system;
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• a circuit administration unit connected to the interface including:
• communications means for receiving the provisioning data packets from the access request management unit through the interface, wherein the communications means transmits the order confirmation messages to the access request management unit through the interface, and
• a processor for processing the information contained in the provisioning data packets and generating order confirmation messages containing information relating to the status of the orders for telecommunications circuits, the processor further generating automated circuit layout records for telecommunications circuit orders contained in the provisioning data packets, wherein the processor includes a plurality of order processors each associated with a different type of telecommunications circuit for processing the information contained in the provisioning data packets and generating the order confirmation messages.

A telecommunications circuit provisioning and administration method for providing telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• receiving access service requests for a plurality of different types of telecommunications circuits, including special service circuits, in an access request management system;
• processing the requests in the access request management system and producing provisioning data packets containing information relating to the telecommunications circuits ordered in the access service requests;
• transmitting the provisioning data packets from the access request management system through an interface capable of exchanging information with the distributed computer system to a circuit administration system that operates on the distributed computer system;
• processing the provisioning data packets in the circuit administration system and generating order confirmation messages relating to the status of the telecommunications circuit orders contained in the provisioning data packets;
• communicating the order confirmation messages to the access request management system through the interface;
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• processing the telecommunications circuit orders contained in the provisioning data packets and generating automated circuit layout records for the circuit orders.

A telecommunications circuit administration system for providing telecommunications service, the system operating in conjunction with an access request management system connected to the circuit administration system via an interface, wherein the access request management system receives orders for a plurality of types of telecommunications circuits and produces provisioning data packets containing information relating to the circuit orders, the circuit administration system comprising:

• a communications port connected to the interface for receiving the provisioning data packets from the access request management system;
• a plurality of order processors each associated with a type of telecommunications circuit for processing the provisioning data packets and generating order confirmation messages containing information relating to the status of the circuit orders;
• a first router connected to the communications port for routing the provisioning data packets to the appropriate order processor associated with a particular type of telecommunications circuit;
• a second router for transmitting the order confirmation messages from the order processors to the access request management system;
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• a design processor for processing the circuit orders contained in the provisioning data packets and generating automated circuit layout records containing design parameters for the circuit orders.