Methods and systems to avoid unproductive dispatches
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1. A method to dispatch service resources comprising:
- receiving a notice of error for a user service;
identifying, using a processor, a non-premises network element (NE) associated with the user service based on a user service identifier, the non-premises NE not being physically located within a customer premises;
querying a network database to identify an equipment control command associated with the identified non-premises NE;
sending the equipment control command to the identified non-premises NE and receiving a response therefrom; and
automatically invoking a dispatch instruction based on the non-premises NE response, wherein the dispatch instruction comprises a service type.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed to dispatch service resources in a communication network. An example method disclosed herein receives a notice of error for a user service, identifies equipment associated with the user service, analyzes the equipment to generate a dispatch instruction, and automatically executes the dispatch instruction in response to the equipment analysis.
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1. A method to dispatch service resources comprising:
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receiving a notice of error for a user service; identifying, using a processor, a non-premises network element (NE) associated with the user service based on a user service identifier, the non-premises NE not being physically located within a customer premises; querying a network database to identify an equipment control command associated with the identified non-premises NE; sending the equipment control command to the identified non-premises NE and receiving a response therefrom; and automatically invoking a dispatch instruction based on the non-premises NE response, wherein the dispatch instruction comprises a service type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A resource dispatch system comprising:
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a correlation engine to receive a service identifier of a network user experiencing a communication service error, and to query a network database to identify an equipment control command associated with a non-premises network element (NE) associated with the service identifier; and a dispatch engine to automatically analyze the non-premises NE via the equipment control command and determine a dispatch instruction, wherein the dispatch instruction comprises a service type. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:
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receive a service identifier associated with a communication service; identify a non-premises network element (NE) associated with the service identifier; query a network database to identify an equipment control command associated with the identified non-premises NE; send the equipment control command to the identified non-premises NE and receive a response therefrom; and invoke a dispatch instruction based on the non-premises NE response, wherein the dispatch instruction comprises a service type. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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