Rate Center Translation
First Claim
1. A method of translating provider inventory data to provide rate center data for number assignment, the method comprising:
- providing rate center performance data indicating performance of one or more rate centers associated with one or more wireless carrier entities;
providing provider inventory data indicative of an inventory of wireless carrier rate centers to which the provider is able to assign customers;
transforming the rate center performance data and the provider inventory data into rank data correlating a plurality of rate center identifiers with respective carriers, with provider inventory and with respective performance indicators; and
assigning to a customer a mobile number including a rate center indicator selected from the rank data.
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Abstract
The described system and apparatus facilitate the identification, on a per rate center (Npa Nxx) basis, of a best carrier rate center for a wireless subscriber, and also allow detection of errors in a provider'"'"'s local inventory or in performance reference data. In one aspect, carrier performance data is combined with updated available inventory data via a SIT environment to create a correlated array of rate centers relative to service record and orderable carrier rate center inventory. The described system thus provides improved ordering and forecasting compared to existing systems, and can thus also provide enhanced customer satisfaction and a decrease in customer calls for HFC number change.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of translating provider inventory data to provide rate center data for number assignment, the method comprising:
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providing rate center performance data indicating performance of one or more rate centers associated with one or more wireless carrier entities; providing provider inventory data indicative of an inventory of wireless carrier rate centers to which the provider is able to assign customers; transforming the rate center performance data and the provider inventory data into rank data correlating a plurality of rate center identifiers with respective carriers, with provider inventory and with respective performance indicators; and assigning to a customer a mobile number including a rate center indicator selected from the rank data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of translating provider inventory data to provide rate center data for provider inventory correction, the method comprising:
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providing rate center performance data indicating performance of one or more rate centers associated with one or more wireless carrier entities; providing provider inventory data indicative of an inventory of wireless carrier rate centers to which the provider is able to assign customers; transforming the rate center performance data and the provider inventory data into rank data correlating a plurality of rate center identifiers with respective carriers, with provider inventory and with respective performance indicators; and identifying one or more rate centers in the rank data that are not represented in the provider inventory data and modifying the provider inventory to include at least one rate center so identified. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A rate center translation tool for transforming rate center information to a recommendation for a rate center modification, the rate center translation tool comprising:
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a provider coverage data processor having first and second data inputs and a data output; a wireless coverage pattern data source communicably linked to the first data input, wherein the wireless coverage pattern data source provides information regarding rate center performance by carrier; and a current provider inventory list data source communicably linked to the second data input, wherein the current carrier inventory list data source provides information regarding a provider'"'"'s available inventory for assigning carrier hands-free calling numbers; wherein the provider coverage data processor transforms the rate center performance by carrier data and the current provider inventory list data into ranked rate center data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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