Method and system for determining maximum transactions within a communications network
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for using call transactions to forecast demand for processing resources, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more data files having at least one record of information, the information relating to one or more call transactions;
aggregating all or a portion of the information into a data structure;
identifying one or more maximum call transactions within the data structure; and
presenting the one or more maximum call transactions.
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Abstract
A call-transaction forecasting tool taking the form of a computer-implemented method and medium in some embodiments is provided for retrieving, aggregating, sorting, and determining one or more maximum transactions within a communications network. The tool automates the process of manually extracting and analyzing call transactions pertaining to call-duration, call volume, traffic usage, bandwidth usage, processing usage and memory usage in order to properly forecast and predict future network growth and capacity within a providers network. The computer-implemented method includes retrieving transaction data files from a switch or server, merging the files in a commonly shared data structure, identifying one or more maximum transaction counts based upon an associated period of time, and displaying the maximum counts and associated period of time.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for using call transactions to forecast demand for processing resources, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more data files having at least one record of information, the information relating to one or more call transactions;
aggregating all or a portion of the information into a data structure;
identifying one or more maximum call transactions within the data structure; and
presenting the one or more maximum call transactions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for using call transactions to forecast demand for processing resources, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more data files relating to call-transaction data, the call-transaction data including a plurality of time periods and a corresponding count of transactions associated with the plurality of time periods;
aggregating all or a portion of the call-transaction data into a data structure;
identifying a maximum count from the call-transaction data;
identifying a time indication corresponding to the maximum count; and
presenting the maximum count and the corresponding time indication. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method for monitoring hourly call transactions to forecast demand for processing resources, the method comprising:
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scheduling automatic retrieval of one or more data files from a server;
retrieving the one or more data files based upon a scheduled indication of time;
merging the one or more data files into a data structure;
determining at least one maximum-transaction indication from the data structure; and
presenting the maximum-transaction indication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for determining a peak-transaction value corresponding to an hour in order to forecast peak-processing usage on a communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more sets of transaction data from one or more data structures, wherein the one or more sets of transaction data includes a transaction count, an hour, and a date;
for each set of transaction data, merging the one or more sets of transaction data into a data structure;
identifying a peak hour corresponding to a maximum indication; and
presenting the peak hour and the maximum indication. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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