Intelligent configuration server

A system comprising:

• a telephone call interconnecting system which generates messages the characteristics of which identify said telephone call interconnecting system;
• a configuration server located at a location which is remote from said telephone call interconnecting system;
• a communication system for communicating said messages from said telephone call interconnecting system to said configuration server;
• a program in said configuration server for identifying said telephone call interconnecting system from said messages and for generating identification data;
• an electronic transmissions system for transmitting said identification data from said configuration server to said telephone call interconnecting system, and
• a program in said telephone call interconnecting system for using said identification data transmitted from said configuration server to enable said telephone call interconnecting system to perform subsequent operations.

A distributed system comprising:

• a system that interconnects communication lines and which generates messages which identify said system that interconnects communication lines;
• a configuration server located at a location which is remote from said system that interconnects communication lines,
• a message transmission system for communicating said messages from said system that interconnects communication lines to said configuration server;
• a computer program in the configuration server for identifying said system that interconnects communication lines from said messages and for generating system specific data;
• a transmission system for transmitting said system specific data from said configuration server to said system that interconnects communication lines, and
• a computer program in said system that interconnects communication lines for using said system specific data transmitted from said configuration server to enable said system that interconnects communication lines to perform subsequent operations.

An automatic configuration system for a telephone account reporting system, comprising:

• multiple telephone call interconnecting system each having an output for generating call detail record messages;
• multiple local computers each coupled to an associated one of the interconnecting systems for receiving and transmitting the call detail record messages;
• and
• a configuration server receiving a sample call detail record message from each one of the local computers, the configuration server identifying an associated interconnecting system type for each of the interconnecting systems according to the sample call detail record messages and transmitting the associated interconnecting system type back to the local computers.

A method for automatically configuring a reporting system for a telephone system, comprising:

• providing a configuration server for storing telephone system type information;
• generating a sample call detail record message from the telephone system;
• transmitting the sample call detail record messages from said telephone system to said configuration server;
• identifying the telephone system type with the configuration server according to the sample call detail record messages;
• transmitting the identified telephone system type from the configuration server to the reporting system;
• and
• generating telephone reports from call detail messages output from the telephone system according to the telephone system type sent from the configuration server.