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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Jim H Chan, Roswell, GA (US);
Stephen R LaPierre, Union City, GA (US);
BellSouth Intellectual Property Managment Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system and method for testing the operation of a piece of terminating equipment or subscriber line through the use of a single service platform. A test call originating from the piece of terminating equipment or subscriber line under test is received. In response to receiving the test call, a transmission path is established from the piece of terminating equipment under test to the single service platform. The single service platform then transmits a menu message over the transmission path to the piece of terminating equipment under test. In response to transmitting the menu message, the single service platform receives a selection indicator over the transmission path, the selection indicator identifying a verification test to be provided. The selection indicator is then processed and the identified verification test is provided by the single service platform to the piece of terminating equipment. This system and method allows several verification tests to be available from a single service platform. Thus, the menu message transmitted to the piece of terminating equipment from the single service platform may contain several menu elements. Each element of the menu message represents one verification test or group of verification tests. In one embodiment, four verification tests are provided. These four test include: (1) audio announcement verification test; (2) call-back voice verification test; (3) call-back audio signal verification test; and (4) call-back facsimile verification test.