US 7,466,814 B1 · Switch code routing management method and system

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for maintaining and updating records of the routing of switches in a telecommunication network. Routing information is retrieved from a routing guide, and corresponding routing information is retrieved from switches in the telecommunication network. Routing information is retrieved from switches by using the routing information from the routing guide to iteratively retrieve routing information from switches by NPA code, switch, rate center, and NXX codes. Routing information from the routing guide is compared to routing information retrieved from the switches and discrepancies in the routing information is identified. Identified discrepancies are corrected in either the routing guide or the routing of the switch.

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Dependent claims

A method for maintaining code routing information for a routing guide and for the switches in a telecommunication network, the method comprising:

retrieving code routing information from a routing guide;
retrieving code routing information from switches in the telecommunication network corresponding to the code routing information received from the routing guide;
and
identifying discrepancies between the code routing information received from the routing guide and the code routing information retrieved from switches in the telecommunication network.

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A method for maintaining code routing information for a routing guide and for the switches in a telecommunication network, the method comprising:

retrieving routing information for an NPA code from the routing guide;
connecting to a switch for the NPA code;
accessing a rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
accessing an NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
querying the switch for routing information for the NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
saving routing information responsive to the query for the NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
iteratively repeating:
accessing an additional NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
querying the switch for routing information for the additional NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
and
saving routing information responsive to the query for the additional NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
until routing information for all NXX codes for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code has been saved.

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At least one machine-readable media containing machine-readable code embodied thereon for maintaining code routing information for a routing guide and for switches in a telecommunication network, the method comprising:

retrieving routing information for an NPA code from the routing guide;
connecting to a switch for the NPA code;
accessing a rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
accessing an NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
querying the switch for routing information for the NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
saving routing information responsive to the query for the NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
iteratively repeating:
accessing an additional NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
querying the switch for routing information for the additional NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
and
saving routing information responsive to the query for the additional NXX code for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code;
until routing information for all NXX codes for the rate center on the switch for the NPA code has been saved.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Switch code routing management method and system

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