Pressure alarms and reports system module for proactive maintenance application
First Claim
1. A method for proactively maintaining a telephone system local loop, the method comprising:
- communicating with a communications network and acquiring at least one of pressure information associated with a fiber optic cable and flow information associated with the fiber optic cable;
predicting and prioritizing proactive maintenance of the fiber optic cable using changes in the acquired pressure and flow information;
merging a pending service order information into the predicted and prioritized proactive maintenance;
generating and dispatching work order information describing the predicted and prioritized proactive maintenance and the merged pending service order information; and
receiving a progress update for the work order information from the communications network through a common repository of the work order information which is accessed by a user, wherein the user is authorized to access the common repository.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for proactively maintaining a telephone system local loop. One embodiment includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring information associated with pressure or flow sensors along fiber optic cables. Proactive maintenance of the fiber optic cables is predicted using the information associated with pressure or flow sensors. The embodiment may further include generating and dispatching work order information describing the predicted proactive maintenance. The embodiment may also include predicting proactive maintenance of telephone lines using information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer and using information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. Another embodiment includes a system for predicting proactive maintenance of a telephone system local loop. This embodiment includes a Pressure Alarms and Reports System Module, a database stored in memory, and a processor. The Pressure Alarms and Reports System Module communicates with a communications network and acquires at least one of i) pressure information associated with fiber optic cables and ii) flow information associated with fiber optic cables. The database stores the acquired information. The processor processes information stored in the database and generates predicted proactive maintenance.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for proactively maintaining a telephone system local loop, the method comprising:
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communicating with a communications network and acquiring at least one of pressure information associated with a fiber optic cable and flow information associated with the fiber optic cable;
predicting and prioritizing proactive maintenance of the fiber optic cable using changes in the acquired pressure and flow information;
merging a pending service order information into the predicted and prioritized proactive maintenance;
generating and dispatching work order information describing the predicted and prioritized proactive maintenance and the merged pending service order information; and
receiving a progress update for the work order information from the communications network through a common repository of the work order information which is accessed by a user, wherein the user is authorized to access the common repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A system configured for predicting proactive maintenance of a telephone system local loop, the system comprising:
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a Pressure Alarms and Reports System Module communicating with a communications network and acquiring at least one of pressure information associated with a fiber optic cable and flow information associated with the fiber optic cable;
a database stored in memory, the database storing the acquired information;
a processor capable of processing information stored in the database and of generating predicted and prioritized proactive maintenance by using changes in the acquired press and flow information, the predicted and prioritized proactive maintenance being merged with a pending service order information to generate work order information; and
a common repository of the work order information which is accessed by a user, wherein the user is authorized to access the common repository, wherein the processor updates the generated work order information in response to new user information inputted by the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for proactively maintaining a telephone system, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium;
a Pressure Alarms and Reports System Module stored on the medium, the Pressure Alarms and Reports System module coupled to a monitoring system over a communications network, the Pressure Alarms and Reports System module acquiring at least one of information associated with a pressure sensor along a fiber optic cable and information associated with a flow sensor along the fiber optic cable;
a Dynamic Network Analyzer module stored on the medium, the Dynamic Network Analyzer module coupled to a Dynamic Network Analyzer over the communications network, the Dynamic Network Analyzer module acquiring information associated with the Dynamic Network Analyzer and providing historical information; and
a Loop Facilities and Control System module stored on the medium, the Loop Facilities and Control System module coupled to a Loop Facilities and Control System over the communications network, the Loop Facilities and Control System module acquiring and updating information associated with the Loop Facilities and Control system, wherein the acquired information from the Pressure Alarms and Reports System module, the Dynamic Network Analyzer module and the Loop Facilities and Control System module is used to predict and prioritize proactive maintenance; and
wherein the predicted and prioritized proactive maintenance is merged with a pending service order information to generate work order information, and the work order information is updated through a common repository of the work order information which is accessed by a user, wherein the user is authorized to access the common repository.
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