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 i) pressure information associated with fiber optic cables and ii) flow information associated with fiber optic cables; and
predicting proactive maintenance of the fiber optic cables using the acquired information;
merging pending service order information into the predicted proactive maintenance; and
generating and dispatching work order information describing the predicted proactive maintenance and the merged pending service order information.
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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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17 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 i) pressure information associated with fiber optic cables and ii) flow information associated with fiber optic cables; and predicting proactive maintenance of the fiber optic cables using the acquired information; merging pending service order information into the predicted proactive maintenance; and generating and dispatching work order information describing the predicted proactive maintenance and the merged pending service order information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. 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 i) pressure information associated wit fiber optic cables and ii) flow information associated with fiber optic cables; a database stored in memory, the database storing the acquired information; and a processor capable of processing information stored in the database and of generating predicted proactive maintenance, the predicted proactive maintenance being merged with pending service order information to generate work order information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer program product for proactively maintaining a telephone system;
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a computer-readable medium; and a Pressure Alarms and Reports System module stored on the medium, the Pressure Manna 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 i) information associated with pressure sensors along fiber optic cables and ii) information associated with flow sensors along fiber optic cables; wherein the acquired information from the Pressure Alarms and Reports System module is used to predict proactive maintenance; and wherein the predicted proactive maintenance is merged with pending service order info nation to generate work order information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for proactively maintaining a telephone system local loop comprising:
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a computer-readable medium including instructions for causing a processor to implement; 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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