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System and method for establishing and managing links among customer accounts maintained within a telecommunications system

  • US 5,995,946 A
  • Filed: 11/03/1997
  • Issued: 11/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for managing and providing customer account information within a telecommunications system and for providing an interface between a requesting system and at least one database, the interface having an object-oriented programming software module for application of business rules to a message from the requesting system and said customer account information, comprising:

  • a data storage system storing a link record corresponding to a customer account managed by an account management system maintained within said telecommunications system; and

    a processor coupled to said data storage system and operative to receive a message containing a process request related to said customer account from said requesting system, to convert said message into a process object by applying said module to said message, to retrieve said link record from said data storage system in accordance with said process object, to generate a response message including said link record, and to submit said response message to said requesting system so that said requesting system can communicate with said at least one database using said link record.

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