Rule based capacity management system for an inter office facility
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring equipment in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
- a monitor set including at least one of either a subset of the equipment, a review period, or a configuration for the equipment;
a plurality of rules related to the monitor set, wherein the rules include at least one rule usable to predict exhaustion of the equipment;
means for obtaining data related to the monitor set; and
a program for creating one or more analytical reports about the monitor set based on the rules and the data, wherein the analytical report includes a prediction of exhaustion of the equipment, wherein the program includes;
an inference engine having instructions for retrieving the data from a data layer of an inventory retrieval system, determining if a match exists between the data and one or more of the rules, if a match exists, firing the rule on the data to produce an analysis and formatting the analysis into the analytical reports.
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Abstract
A rule based capacity management system for an inter office facility is provided. The system includes a presentation layer for providing a graphical user interface to a user. The presentation layer is capable of receiving one or more rules from the user and for providing one or more analytical reports of the equipment based on the rules. The system also includes a data layer for storing rules, including the rules received from the user, and for connecting to an inventory system such as trunks integrated record keeping system (TIRKS). The system also includes a business layer interfacing between the presentation layer and the data layer. The business layer creates the analytical reports responsive to the rules and the raw data.
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12 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring equipment in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
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a monitor set including at least one of either a subset of the equipment, a review period, or a configuration for the equipment;
a plurality of rules related to the monitor set, wherein the rules include at least one rule usable to predict exhaustion of the equipment;
means for obtaining data related to the monitor set; and
a program for creating one or more analytical reports about the monitor set based on the rules and the data, wherein the analytical report includes a prediction of exhaustion of the equipment, wherein the program includes;
an inference engine having instructions for retrieving the data from a data layer of an inventory retrieval system, determining if a match exists between the data and one or more of the rules, if a match exists, firing the rule on the data to produce an analysis and formatting the analysis into the analytical reports. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for monitoring equipment in a telecommunications system and predicting when the equipment will be exhausted, the method comprising:
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selecting a configuration for the equipment;
defining a review for the selected configuration, the review identifying one or more rules usable to calculate exhaustion of the equipment;
obtaining equipment related data using a separate inventory system;
requesting the retrieval of the obtained data for the defined review so that the data can be compared to the one or more rules; and
receiving a comparison of the data and the review. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for monitoring equipment in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
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a monitor set including at least one of either a subset of the equipment, a review period, or a configuration for the equipment;
a plurality of rules related to the monitor set, wherein at least one rule enables a prediction of equipment exhaustion;
means for obtaining data related to the monitor set; and
a program for creating one or more analytical reports about the monitor set based on the rules and the data, wherein at least one of the analytical reports details a relationship between demand and capacity for at least a portion of the equipment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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