Application program interface for automating high speed network access ordering and provisioning processes

Abstract

An application program interface system and method for automating high speed network access ordering and provisioning processes, particularly involving business to business interactions, such as automating interactions between ISPs and ILEC/CLECs for xDSL service ordering and provisioning processes, are disclosed. The method for automating communications between service providers in connection with providing a high speed network access service generally comprises electronically receiving a request message relating to the high speed network access service from a service provider via a network, processing the request message from the service provider using a computer system to automatically generate a response message to the request message, and electronically transmitting the response message to the service provider via the network. The processing of the request message utilizes a predefined request document tag definition and the generating of the response message utilizes a predefined response document tag definition.