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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1995
Louis G Gottlieb, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Isaac K Elliott, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Kevin R Witzman, Monument, CO (US);
MCI Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Call records are generated from various network elements processing a call. A consolidation feed acts as a concentrator for the various records. However, since the concentrator receives the call records at different times, the invention provides a concentrator with a count of the various types of network elements which have processed the call. This allows the concentrator to match and merge the records once all the records, indicated by the final count, have been received. In order to update the count as a call progresses from network element to network element, the originating network element creates a buffer which is carried through the network, from element to element. As each element is affected, it adds a count to the buffer.