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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
William C. Hardy, Dallas, TX (US);
Earl L. Mannas, Germantown, MD (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system and method for testing a telephone connection using an interactive telephone response module (ITRM). In one embodiment, the ITRM is connected between the handset and station set of a telephone terminating one end of the connection to be tested. In another embodiment, the ITRM is connected between the telephone connection and the station set of a telephone terminating one end of the connection to be tested. By operating switches on the ITRM, a user can impose predetermined conditions on the connection. A test coordinator located at a test point or other termination in the telephone network then tests the connection under the predetermined conditions.