Intelligent configuration server for PBX
First Claim
1. An automatic configuration system for a PBX reporting system, comprising:
- a PBX having an output for generating CDR messages;
a local computer coupled to the PBX output for receiving the CDR messages output from the PBX; and
a configuration server electronically communicating with the local computer for receiving the CDR messages, the configuration server identifying a PBX type according to the CDR messages and transmitting the identified PBX type back to the local computer.
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Abstract
An intelligent configuration system automatically logs a sample of a PBX Call Detail Recording (CDR) message. The sample CDR messages are sent via modem from a local call accounting system connected to the PBX to a central configuration server. The configuration server analyzes the sample CDR messages to determine the PBX type. The appropriate PBX interface file for the identified PBX type is transmitted back to the call accounting system and used by the accounting system to interpret and price CDR messages output from the PBX into call accounting and traffic analysis reports. Identification and location data is transmitted from the accounting system to the configuration server. The configuration server uses the data to automatically transmit and update rate tables used in the accounting system.
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19 Claims
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1. An automatic configuration system for a PBX reporting system, comprising:
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a PBX having an output for generating CDR messages; a local computer coupled to the PBX output for receiving the CDR messages output from the PBX; and a configuration server electronically communicating with the local computer for receiving the CDR messages, the configuration server identifying a PBX type according to the CDR messages and transmitting the identified PBX type back to the local computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automatic configuration system for a PBX account reporting system, comprising:
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multiple PBXs each having an output for generating CDR messages; multiple local computers each coupled to an associated one of the PBXs for receiving and transmitting the CDR messages; and a configuration server receiving a sample CDR message from each one of the local computers, the configuration server identifying an associated PBX type for each of the PBXs according to the sample CDR messages and transmitting the associated PBX type back to the local computers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for automatically configuring a call reporting system connected to a PBX, comprising:
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providing a configuration server for storing PBX type information; generating a sample CDR message from the PBX; reading the sample CDR message generated from the PBX with the reporting system; transmitting the sample CDR message from the reporting system to the configuration server; identifying the PBX type with the configuration server according to the sample CDR message; transmitting the identified PBX type from the configuration server to the reporting system; and generating telephone reports from CDR messages output from the PBX according to the PBX type sent from the configuration server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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