Automated route plan generation
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1. A method for generating a route plan comprising:
- receiving routing options for a tenant having a plurality of physical locations;
presenting a plurality of predefined gateways;
receiving selections indicating one or more of the gateways; and
generating a route plan based on the routing options and the selected gateways, the route plan supporting routing of telephone calls from managed devices of the tenant.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a tenant with multiple physical locations that include a number of packet enabled telecommunications devices managed by one or more call managers. To generate a route plan for use by a call manager in managing calls from these devices, a route plan wizard determines routing options, location information for the tenant, and gateway information for gateways available to the tenant and then automatically generates a route plan for use in routing telephone calls originating from the managed packet enabled telecommunications devices based on this information.
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1. A method for generating a route plan comprising:
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receiving routing options for a tenant having a plurality of physical locations; presenting a plurality of predefined gateways; receiving selections indicating one or more of the gateways; and generating a route plan based on the routing options and the selected gateways, the route plan supporting routing of telephone calls from managed devices of the tenant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for generating a route plan comprising:
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a memory storing network configuration data, the network configuration data describing a plurality of gateways; a user interface operable to present routing options for a tenant having a plurality of physical locations, to receive selected ones of the routing options, to present a plurality of predefined gateways, and to receive selections indicating one or more of the gateways; and a route generation module operable to generate a route plan based on the selected routing options and the selected gateways, the route plan supporting routing of telephone calls from managed devices of the tenant. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Logic for generating a route plan, the logic encoded in media and operable when executed to:
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receive routing options for a tenant having a plurality of physical locations; present a plurality of predefined gateways; receive selections indicating one or more of the gateways; and generate a route plan based on the routing options and the selected gateways, the route plan supporting routing of telephone calls from managed devices of the tenant. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for generating a route plan comprising:
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means for receiving routing options for a tenant having a plurality of physical locations; means for presenting a plurality of predefined gateways; means for receiving selections indicating one or more of the gateways; and means for generating a route plan based on the routing options and the selected gateways, the route plan supporting routing of telephone calls from managed devices of the tenant.
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29. A method for generating a route plan comprising:
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presenting a plurality of routing options for a tenant having a plurality of physical locations, wherein the routing options comprise local call fallback, toll bypass fallback, long distance call fallback, international call fallback, and equal access suppression; receiving first selections indicating one or more of the routing options; for each of the physical locations, receiving location information, the location information comprising at least one area code and digit dialing requirements, wherein the digit dialing requirements are a selected one of ten-digit dialing, seven-digit dialing, and metro dialing; accessing a network configuration database to identify a plurality of predefined gateways; presenting the predefined gateways; receiving second selections indicating one or more of the predefined gateways; for each of the selected predefined gateways, receiving gateway information, the gateway information comprising a carrier connection type and a location indicating a selected one of the physical locations, wherein the carrier connection type for the gateway information of each of the predefined gateways is a selected one of local exchange carrier, inter-exchange carrier, and private branch exchange; and generating an external route plan based on the routing options, the location information, and the gateway information, the external route plan supporting the routing of telephone calls from within the tenant to locations external to the tenant; wherein the route plan comprises a plurality of route groups, a plurality of route lists each comprising at least one of the route groups, and a plurality of route patterns each indicating routing of a matching number to a selected one of the route groups and route lists.
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