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Customer-oriented telecommunications data aggregation and analysis method and object oriented system

  • US 7,136,467 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2002
  • Issued: 11/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for analyzing telecommunications data relating to a business entity, using business entity aggregation criteria, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) obtaining telecommunications provider invoices from a plurality of telecommunications providers that include telecommunications data relating to the business entity;

    (b) aggregating the telecommunications data from the telecommunication provider invoices of the plurality of telecommunications providers according to business entity aggregation criteria to create an aggregated bill for the business entity;

    (c) separating at least a portion of the aggregated bill into service categories;

    (d) storing in a database, locations or sites of a customer'"'"'s telecommunication services, services provided by site, a list of providers of each service, and accounts used for each billing service;

    (e) providing a translation table to translate each telecommunications provider codes for its telecommunications data to a standard code implemented for use in the database;

    (f) checking for errors in the telecommunication provider invoices and discrepancies between the billing data and the translation data;

    (g) providing forecast from the telecommunication provider invoices and combinations of consolidated telecommunication data; and

    (h) including a data querying application accessible to the business entity that is capable of performing the search, selecting the desired data, or other processing of the data.

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