Method and system for migrating a telephone service from a first local exchange carrier to a second local exchange carrier
AssigneeVerizon Business Global LLC
InventorBrian S. Huang
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for migrating telephone service. An order is received to migrate telephone service to a competitive local exchange carrier for at least one telephone line assigned to a customer. An account is created for the order. At least one sub-account associated with the account may be created. Each sub-account may be associated with a different combination of a local exchange carrier, from which the telephone service is being migrated, and a billing telephone number. A first telephone migration order may be generated and sent for migrating at least one telephone line associated with a first combination of a local exchange carrier and a billing telephone number.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method for migrating telephone service, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an order to migrate telephone service to a competitive local exchange carrier for at least one telephone line assigned to a customer;
- creating, by the processor, an account for the order;
- creating, by the processor, at least one sub-account associated with the account, each of the at least one sub-account being associated with a different combination of a billing telephone number and a local exchange carrier from which the telephone service is being migrated;
- generating, by the processor, a first telephone migration order, corresponding to at least part of the order, for migrating one or more telephone lines of the at least one telephone line associated with a first sub-account, of the at least one sub-account, corresponding to a first combination of a billing telephone number and a local exchange carrier;
- and
- migrating the telephone service by sending, by the processor, the first telephone migration order.
An apparatus for placing an order to migrate telephone service to a competitive local exchange carrier for a plurality of telephone lines assigned to a customer, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor to communicate with the memory, where:
- the memory includes a plurality of instructions for the processor such that when the instructions are executed by the processor, the apparatus is to:
- receive an order to migrate the telephone service, for a plurality of telephone lines assigned to a customer, from at least one local exchange carrier to a single competitive local exchange carrier,
- create an account corresponding to the order,
- create at least one sub-account associated with the account, each one of the at least one sub-account corresponding to a different combination of a billing telephone number and a local exchange carrier, from which the telephone service is being migrated, and
- migrate the telephone service by sending at least one telephone migration order to a local telephone company processing system, each of the at least one telephone migration order corresponding to a different one of the at least one sub-account.
A computer-implemented system for ordering a migration of telephone service for a customer from at least one local exchange carriers to a single competitive local exchange carrier, the system comprising:
- a first subsystem to:
- receive an order to migrate the telephone service for the customer from the at least one local exchange carrier to the single competitive local exchange carrier,
- create an account for the order,
- create at least one sub-account associated with the account, each one of the at least one sub-account corresponding to a different combination a local exchange carrier and a billing telephone number, and
- migrate the telephone service by sending at least one telephone migration order to a local telephone company processing system, each one of the at least one telephone migration order corresponding to a different one of the sub-accounts.
A machine-readable memory device including instructions for a processor, such that when the instructions are read and executed by the processor, the processor is to:
- receive an order to migrate telephone service from at least one local exchange carrier to a competitive local exchange carrier for a plurality of telephone lines assigned to a customer;
- create an account for the order;
- create at least one sub-account associated with the account, each of the at least one sub-account corresponding to a different combination of a local exchange carrier and a billing telephone number;
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- migrate the telephone service by sending at least one telephone migration order to a local telephone company processing system, where a number of the at least one telephone migration orders is equal to a number of the sub-accounts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.