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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Christine M. Ditmer, Fairview, TX (US);
James DeGraf-Johnson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Paul Glenn Franklin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
William C. Holford, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Randall W. King, Plano, TX (US);
Patrick W. Pirtle, Dallas, TX (US);
Kenneth Joseph Qualls, Calhan, CO (US);
Diane J. Wells, Allen, TX (US);
Edward Ronald Zack, Jr., Green Mountain Falls, CO (US);
WorldCom, Inc., Clinton, MS (US);
Abstract
A Web-based fault and alarm management tool that enables customers to monitor and analyze the performance of their voice and data network via a graphical user interface is provided. The tool provides customers an Internet/Intranet access to near real-time alarms, events, and performance statistics and configuration reports corresponding to their switched network, including voice network, broadband, dedicated point-to-point circuits, and signaling services, for enabling customers to make informed network management decisions. A Web-based fault and alarm management infrastructure which enables the secure initiation, acquisition, and presentation of customer reports relating to network management via a Web browser on any computer is also provided.