Intelligent network provisioning system and method

• US 20030086551A1
• Filed: 11/13/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: WorldCom, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: VanBlack, William Z., DuToit, Riel, Burr, Shawna M., Shuman, Steven S., VanBemden, Jeffrey P., Wiesner, Hilmar C., Vinuya, Jhoanne J., Vann, William C.
• Application Number:
  US10/293,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20030086551A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/221.08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/90 using Intelligent Networks [IN] or Advanced Intelligent Networks [AIN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/00 Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems using a coded card to authorise calls from a telephone set H04M1/675
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/103 using SIMs (USIMs) or calling cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2017/12 using calling, telephone credit/debit cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/42 Graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/12 intelligent networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/016 Billing using Intelligent Networks [IN] or Advanced Intelligent Networks [AIN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0176 Billing arrangements using internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42144 by service provider
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

An intelligent network provisioning system (20) has a client platform (22) with a user interface for order entry. A server platform (24) is connected to the client platform (22) by a network (26). The server platform (24) is capable of sending a query to a calling card provisioning system (28). An application server (30) upon receiving an order from the server platform (24) downloads the order to the intelligent network (32) and transmits a state change message to the server platform (24).

Claims

1. An intelligent network provisioning system, comprising:

a client platform having a user interface for order entry, the user interface including a data provisioning option configured to allow a user to select at least one of a data routing scheme and a method to be used to route data from the user;

a server platform connected to the client platform by a network, the server platform configured to receive an order from the client platform, and

forward the order; and

an application server configured to;

receive the order from the server platform,

download information associated with the order to the intelligent network, and

transmit a state change message to the server platform, in response to the order being implemented in the intelligent network.

2. The intelligent network provisioning system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to select either frame relay or asynchronous transfer mode as the data routing scheme.

3. The intelligent network provisioning system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to select from wired, wireless, optical fiber or satellite as the method to be used to route data from the user.

4. A method of operating an intelligent network provisioning system, comprising:

receiving order entry information from a client device, the information being associated with at least one of a wireless provisioning service order and an internet provisioning service order;

validating the service order when sufficient information is received;

scheduling the service order; and

downloading the service order to an intelligent network provisioning server.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the order entry information corresponds to a wireless provisioning service order.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the order entry information includes allowable terminations for wireless calls.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the order entry information corresponds to an internet provisioning order.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing internet protocol (IP) addresses; and

providing universal resource locators (URLs).