System and method for monitoring and management of telecommunications equipment using enhanced internet access

A system for monitoring and management of telecommunications equipment in a telecommunications network via the internet, comprising:

• a plurality of user devices each executing a web browser for communications with the internet;
• an intranet in communications with the internet;
• a web server residing on each telecommunications equipment, each telecommunications equipment being accessed by an internet address via its associated web server, the telecommunications equipment of the telecommunications network being accessible by the intranet;
• and
• a plurality of web pages adapted to display monitor information associated with the telecommunications equipment and receive user input, the web pages being accessible by the web server and each web page being identifiable by an internet address, each user device operable to directly connect with a particular telecommunications equipment using its internet address in order to access its associated web pages, the web server operable to modify operations of its associated telecommunications equipment in response to the user input.

A method for monitoring and management of telecommunications equipment in a telecommunications network via the internet, comprising the steps of:

• connecting a plurality of user devices to the internet, each user device executing a web browser;
• connecting the telecommunications equipment by an intranet to the internet;
• accessing a telecommunications equipment by specifying an internet address associated therewith through a web server residing on the telecommunications equipment;
• downloading a plurality of web pages from the web server to at least one user device via the internet and intranet, the web pages being adapted to display monitor and management information associated with the telecommunications equipment, each user device operable to directly connect with a particular telecommunications equipment using its internet address in order to access its associated web pages;
• receiving user input at the web server from the at least one user device;
• and
• modifying operations of telecommunications equipment associated with the web server in response to the user input.