Method and system for provisioning facility-based displays in support of repairing outside network facilities
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1. A method of providing a display of a site in a network management system, comprising:
- segmenting a cable and assigning positioning markers along a length of the cable for identifying sections of the cable and cable components;
storing in a database a series of display frames;
assigning each display frame to a positioning marker, each frame graphically descriptive of surroundings within an immediate vicinity of the assigned positioning marker;
automatically displaying a notice indicative of an automatically detected cable break and an associated two-dimensional map of a suspected site of the cable break, the suspected site of the cable break automatically located via an algorithm based on historical reliability of measurements taken from a specific test point;
automatically generating a trouble ticket responsive to the automatically detected cable break;
assigning a relative significance level to each frame based upon the notice indicative of the cable break;
selecting a set of frames based on the relative significance level from the series of display frames along the length of the cable related to the suspected site of the cable break; and
displaying in sequence the selected set of frames related to the suspected site of the cable break.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for providing facility-based aerial displays to field personnel in support of repairing outside network facilities. The invention relates to a method and system for displaying a series of selected frames to generate a display of surroundings within the vicinity of a cable break. Frames are selected and manipulated in accordance with a significance level which accepts or rejects the frame and in accordance with a set of display parameters selected by a dispatcher. The aerial display is compiled and displayed to support the assessment of the surroundings to be encountered by a repair crew.
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1. A method of providing a display of a site in a network management system, comprising:
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segmenting a cable and assigning positioning markers along a length of the cable for identifying sections of the cable and cable components; storing in a database a series of display frames; assigning each display frame to a positioning marker, each frame graphically descriptive of surroundings within an immediate vicinity of the assigned positioning marker; automatically displaying a notice indicative of an automatically detected cable break and an associated two-dimensional map of a suspected site of the cable break, the suspected site of the cable break automatically located via an algorithm based on historical reliability of measurements taken from a specific test point; automatically generating a trouble ticket responsive to the automatically detected cable break; assigning a relative significance level to each frame based upon the notice indicative of the cable break; selecting a set of frames based on the relative significance level from the series of display frames along the length of the cable related to the suspected site of the cable break; and displaying in sequence the selected set of frames related to the suspected site of the cable break. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing a display of a site in a network management system, comprising:
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segmenting a cable and assigning positioning markers along a length of the cable for identifying sections of the cable and cable components; storing in a database a series of display frames; assigning each display frame to a positioning marker, each frame graphically descriptive of surroundings within an immediate vicinity of the assigned positioning marker; automatically displaying a notice indicative of an automatically detected cable break and an associated two-dimensional map of a suspected site of the cable break, the suspected site of the cable break automatically located via an algorithm based on historical reliability of measurements taken from a specific test point; automatically generating a trouble ticket responsive to the automatically detected cable break; assigning one relative significance level to each frame based upon the notice indicative of the cable break; partitioning each frame into two or more sub-frames; assigning one relative significance level to each sub-frame of each frame; selecting a set of frames and sub-frames from a set of frames based on the relative significance level assigned to each of the frames and sub-frames from the series of display frames along the length of the cable related to the suspected site of the cable break; and displaying in sequence the selected set of frames and sub-frames related to the suspected site of the cable break. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing a display of a site in a network management system, comprising:
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a facilities management processor adapted to receive cable failure notifications and adapted to process display requests of a site within an immediate vicinity of a cable failure, the facilities management processor adapted to automatically generate a trouble ticket responsive to the automatically detected cable break; a controller in communication with the facilities management processor adapted to select and compile a series of display frames; and a map server in communication with the controller adapted to store, process, and forward requested mapping information and display frames associated with the immediate vicinity of the cable failure, the controller operative for selecting a set of frames in which a first frame is used as a reference and a comparison is conducted between a significance level of the first frame to a significance level of a sequentially proximate second frame, and the controller selects the second frame for display if the significance level of the second frame is at least equal to a predetermined significance level, the man server adapted to cause, responsive to a displayed notice of a cable break, a display of an associated two-dimensional map of a suspected site of the cable break, the suspected site of the cable break automatically located via an algorithm based on historical reliability of measurements taken from a specific test point. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. The system 28, wherein the controller selects a set of sub-frames for display on a terminal by using the first frame, partitioned into two or more sub-frames, as the reference and comparing the significance level of a sub-frame in the first frame to a corresponding significance level of a sequentially proximate and corresponding sub-frame in the second frame, and selecting the corresponding sub-frame in the second frame for display if the significance level of the corresponding sub-frame in the second frame is at least equal to the predetermined significance level.
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