Object oriented system for modeling telecommunications circuits to estimate the access cost for leasing selected circuits
First Claim
1. An object oriented system for modeling a selected telecommunications circuit to determine access cost associated with the selected telecommunications circuit, the system comprising:
- a plurality of telecommunications objects adapted to communicate with one another, to model the selected circuit, to generate a rate structure based upon the model of the selected circuit, and to use the rate structure for providing a cost for a carrier to access the selected circuit for a connection between a first selected premises and a second selected premises based upon circuit attribute date associated with the selected circuit; and
a controller object adapted to obtain the circuit attribute data associated with the selected circuit and to provide the circuit attribute data to the plurality of telecommunications objects.
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Abstract
An object oriented system models a selected telecommunications circuit to estimate the access cost for leasing the selected circuit. A database contains circuit data relating to a plurality of telecommunications circuits included the selected circuit. The object oriented system includes a unit cost model driver object and a domain object residing on a personal computer. The domain object comprises a plurality of telecommunications objects adapted to model telecommunications circuits in accordance with a preselected cost structure based on a plurality of access cost parameters. The driver object retrieves the circuit data for the selected circuit from the database and distributes the circuit data to the telecommunications objects. The telecommunications objects, which are adapted to communicate with one another upon receiving circuit data, collectively produce an output signal to the driver object representing the access cost for the selected circuit. The driver object, which preferably operates in a batch mode, may forward the access cost for the selected circuit to the database.
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38 Claims
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1. An object oriented system for modeling a selected telecommunications circuit to determine access cost associated with the selected telecommunications circuit, the system comprising:
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a plurality of telecommunications objects adapted to communicate with one another, to model the selected circuit, to generate a rate structure based upon the model of the selected circuit, and to use the rate structure for providing a cost for a carrier to access the selected circuit for a connection between a first selected premises and a second selected premises based upon circuit attribute date associated with the selected circuit; and a controller object adapted to obtain the circuit attribute data associated with the selected circuit and to provide the circuit attribute data to the plurality of telecommunications objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An object oriented system for modeling a plurality of telecommunications circuits to determine access cost for a selected circuit, the system comprising:
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a database for storing circuit attribute data associated the plurality of telecommunications circuits; a processor adapted to obtain circuit attribute data associated with the selected circuit from the database; and a domain object processable by the processor and adapted to model the selected circuit, to use the circuit attribute data obtained from the database to generate a rate structure based upon the model of the selected circuit, and to use the rate structure to determine a cost for a carrier to access the selected circuit for a connection between a first selected premises and a second selected premises. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for modeling one or more telecommunications circuits to estimate access cost for a selected one of the one or more telecommunications circuits, the method comprising:
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storing circuit attribute data associated with the one or more telecommunications circuits in a database; selecting a circuit from the one or more telecommunications circuits for access cost analysis; providing an object oriented system comprising a domain object adapted to model the selected circuit and to generate a rate structure based upon the model of the selected circuit; retrieving circuit attribute data associated with the selected circuit from the database and providing the circuit attribute data to the domain object; and processing the circuit attribute data with the rate structure to determine a cost for a carrier to access the selected circuit for a connection between a first selected premises and a second selected premises. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An object oriented apparatus processable on a processor comprising:
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circuit loading means for receiving input signals representative of circuit data associated with an access cost of a selected telecommunications circuit; object oriented circuit modeling means, coupled with the circuit loading means, for generating a computer model of the selected circuit and a rate structure based upon the computer model in accordance with the signals received by the circuit loading means; and output means, coupled with the circuit modeling means, for using the rate structure to generate an output signal representative of a cost for a carrier to access the selected circuit for a connection between a first selected premises and a second selected premises. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A telecommunications object in an object oriented system adapted to model telecommunications circuits and estimate an access cost for a selected telecommunications circuit, said telecommunications object comprising:
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means for retrieving circuit attribute data associated with the selected telecommunications circuit; means for generating an output representing an applied cost of access based on cost variables and rate elements associated with the circuit attribute data; and means for controlling the generating means and the retrieving means in a batch processing mode. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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