Lucent Technologies Inc.

Jeffrey W Lev

Joseph Francis Lennert

William T Mahaney

Charlene Ros

Russel V Dalenberg

Christopher Dean Sallstrom

This invention uses a computer program to mine preexisting dialing plan data located in a variety of preexisting source dialing plan databases. The computer program either creates a new dialing plan database from parts of existing dialing plan databases or modifies an existing dialing plan database. The computer program replaces the current system's reliance upon manual data entry by data engineers to configure the operation of a new telecommunication switch or replace the software in a telecommunication switch that was damaged or requires a new dialing plan data configuration. This invention provides accurate and timely customer information, significantly decreases the time interval for engineering a new dialing plan database, decreases the research and data entry time, decreases the interval for lab planning and project management, improves dialing plan database integrity, provides a cleaner dialing plan database, reuses existing dialing plan data eliminating double data entry, reuses some existing software code, and uses preexisting office data administration tools and provides a platform for future growth and expandability. By accomplishing these tasks, the telecommunication switch manufacturer or telecommunication switch operator saves time, money and decreases time-to-market product and service schedules.

Method for creating and modifying similar and dissimilar databases for use in dialing plan configurations for telecommunication systems

This invention uses a computer program to mine preexisting hardware equipment configuration data located in a variety of preexisting source hardware equipment configuration databases. The computer program either creates a new hardware equipment configuration database from parts of existing hardware equipment configuration databases or modifies an existing hardware equipment configuration database. The computer program replaces the current system's reliance upon manual data entry by data engineers to configure the operation of a new telecommunication switch or replace the software in a telecommunication switch that was damaged or requires a new hardware equipment configuration data configuration. This invention provides accurate and timely customer information, significantly decreases the time interval for engineering a new database, decreases the research and data entry time, decreases the interval for lab planning and project management, improves hardware equipment configuration database integrity, provides a cleaner hardware equipment configuration database, reuses existing hardware equipment configuration data eliminating double data entry, reuses some existing software code, and uses preexisting office data administration tools and provides a platform for future growth and expandability. By accomplishing these tasks, the telecommunication switch manufacturer or telecommunication switch operator saves time, money and decreases time-to-market product and service schedules.

Method for creating and modifying similar and dissimilar databases for use in hardware equipment configurations for telecommunication systems

In this invention, a computer program stored in the memory of a computer is used to mine preexisting data located in a variety of preexisting source databases. The computer program either creates a new database from parts of existing databases or modifies an existing database. The computer program replaces the current system's reliance upon manual data entry by data engineers to configure the operation of a new telecommunication switch or replace the software in a telecommunication switch that was damaged or requires a new data configuration. The invention is a computer containing a software program capable of manipulating and modifying data from source databases during the creation or modification of a new database. This invention provides accurate and timely customer information, significantly decreases the time interval for engineering a new database, decreases the research and data entry time, decreases the interval for lab planning and project management, improves database integrity, provides a cleaner database, reuses existing data eliminating double data entry, reuses some existing software code, and uses preexisting office data administration tools and provides a platform for future growth and expandability. By accomplishing these tasks, the telecommunication switch manufacturer or telecommunication switch operator saves time, money and decreases time-to-market product and service schedules.

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Crystal Lake, IL, United States of America

Jeffrey W Lev