Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls
AssigneeAT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
InventorsRobert H. Wright, Charles E. Raymond, Gary R. Archibald, Edward Davis
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Abstract
A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful.
Claims20
Method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- periodically retrieving translation changes for a previous time period, wherein the translation changes include an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage, the indication of the translation change having been stored in the storage after the transition change was made to the telecommunications switch;
- and
- reporting a reason for an unsuccessful call when a test call is determined to be unsuccessful.
A system comprising:
- means for storing information related to translation changes in a telecommunications network;
- means for periodically retrieving all translation changes from a prior time period, wherein the translation changes include an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage, the indication of the translation change having been stored after the transition change was made to the telecommunications switch;
- means for reporting a reason a test call is unsuccessful;
- and
- means for testing and validating a successful test call.
A computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed by a processor performs a method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- periodically retrieving translation changes for a previous time period, wherein the translation changes include an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage, the indication of the translation change having been stored in the storage after the transition change was made to the telecommunications switch;
- and
- logging a result of a test call;
- logging a reason why the test call is unsuccessful;
- alerting a technician of the logged reason the test call is unsuccessful;
- and
- reporting the reason for the unsuccessful.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.