System for managing telecommunication sites
First Claim
1. A system for managing equipment at a site, said system comprising:
- a computer;
a rules database accessible by said computer, said rules database having a plurality of rules stored thereon;
a site information database accessible by said computer, said site information database having site information data stored thereon;
an equipment specification database accessible by said computer, said equipment specification database having technical specification data for a plurality of equipment stored thereon;
software executing on said computer for receiving a site identifier and a component selection submitted by a client; and
software executing on said computer for retrieving technical specification data for the selected component from said equipment specification database, for retrieving site information data for the identified site from said site information database, and for analyzing the retrieved technical specification data and the retrieved site information data with respect to the rules stored on said rules database.
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Abstract
A system for maintaining, updating repairing and monitoring remotely located communication equipment sites is described with which the sites can be managed and maintained. Data relative to each site is stored and alterations proposed for the site are automatically monitored and verified prior to implementation. Clients who own and use the sites can confirm the status of the communication equipment through a web site where the client can have access to the data while preserving the proprietary nature of the data as it relates to the client. The status of various equipment is maintained to promptly inform an owner of the site, through access of the web site, of the feasibility of a proposed change in interconnections, or power use or availability of a particular device.
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56 Claims
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1. A system for managing equipment at a site, said system comprising:
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a computer;
a rules database accessible by said computer, said rules database having a plurality of rules stored thereon;
a site information database accessible by said computer, said site information database having site information data stored thereon;
an equipment specification database accessible by said computer, said equipment specification database having technical specification data for a plurality of equipment stored thereon;
software executing on said computer for receiving a site identifier and a component selection submitted by a client; and
software executing on said computer for retrieving technical specification data for the selected component from said equipment specification database, for retrieving site information data for the identified site from said site information database, and for analyzing the retrieved technical specification data and the retrieved site information data with respect to the rules stored on said rules database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing a telecommunications site comprising the steps of:
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providing a computer;
storing engineering rules on a database accessible by the computer;
storing site information including site capacity data and an installed equipment listing on a database accessible by the computer;
storing components technical specification data on a database accessible by the computer;
retrieving a component listing from the component database, and forwarding the component listing to a client;
receiving a site identifier and a component selection submitted by the client; and
retrieving technical specification data about the selected component, and analyzing the component selection and installed equipment with reference to the site capacity and with rules retrieved from the engineering database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing equipment at a site comprising the steps of:
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providing a computer;
storing a plurality of rules on a rules database accessible by the computer;
storing site information data on a site information database accessible by the computer;
storing technical specification data for a plurality of equipment on an equipment specification database accessible by the computer;
receiving a site identifier and a component selection submitted by a client; and
retrieving technical specification data for the selected component from the equipment specification database, retrieving site information data for the identified site from the site information database, and analyzing the retrieved technical specification data and the retrieved site information data with respect to the rules stored on the rules database. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A telecommunication site management system comprising
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software executing on said computer for automatically forwarding a survey request to a technician;
site data collected by the technician from the telecommunication site, said site data input to said computer;
a device accessible by said computer for storing data;
a database of telecommunication component technical specification data accessible by said computer;
a program executing on said computer for retrieving component technical specification data corresponding to said site data, said program automatically generating a schedule of tasks to be performed for maintenance of the telecommunication site based at least in part upon the retrieved technical specification component data, and storing said tasks on said data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A telecommunication site management system comprising:
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a work request including a site identifier and task to be performed;
a computer for receiving said work request;
a database of site information accessible by said computer;
a database of technician capabilities accessible by said computer; and
a program executing on said computer for retrieving site information corresponding to said work request to determine required technician capabilities, said program for identifying a technician based on the required capabilities for said work request, and for sending a work order to the identified technician. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A telecommunication site management system comprising:
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a computer;
a database of engineering rules accessible to said computer;
a database of site information including site capacity data and an installed equipment listing accessible to said computer;
a database of telecommunication components technical specification data accessible to said computer;
a program executing on said computer for retrieving a component listing from said component database, and for forwarding the component listing to a client; and
a site identifier and a component selection submitted to said computer by the client;
said program retrieving technical specification data about the selected component, and analyzing the component selection and installed equipment with reference to the site capacity and with rules retrieved from said engineering database. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method for managing, maintaining and monitoring telecommunications systems and telecom equipment distributed in a geographic region and located in telecom equipment rooms in buildings where telecom equipment of various types are connected to communication links formed of copper and/or optical fiber cables entering the building and leading to communication hard-ware at subscribers as part of a communication service provided by a telecommunication client, comprising the steps of:
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storing data representative of telecom equipment performance and power requirements in a library data base;
storing data representative of environmental characteristics of remote telecom rooms in a data base;
storing data representative of physical dimensions of racks in which telecom equipment is mounted in a data base;
storing data representative of installed telecom equipment in racks in respective telecom rooms in a data base including data including available telecom equipment space on the racks;
storing data representative of the capacity of power sources available in respective racks and connected to installed telecom equipment in the racks, and storing data representative of the resulting electrical loads on the power sources in the racks in a data base;
determining from the data stored in the data base the electrical capacity remaining for respective power sources located in the racks;
generating a visible computer screen with data relevant for the addition of a telecom equipment for a particular rack;
deriving a new value for the electrical capacity remaining in the power source for the particular rack when said other telecom equipment data is added; and
generating a visible computer screen indication representative of a validation of the addition of the telecom equipment to the particular rack on the basis of available electrical power in the rack; and
following validation, installing the additional telecom equipment in a particular rack location which is determined to be available from information in the data base related to the particular rack. - View Dependent Claims (50)
generating electronic images of racks with telecom equipment installations at respective telecom rooms and related to a particular client;
storing the electronic images in a data base in association with respective clients;
providing a client access through the web to stored images relevant to that client and transmitting images desired by the client along the web to the client to enable the client to make a visual verification of telecom equipment installed in a rack at a telecom room.
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51. A method for managing, maintaining and monitoring a telecommunication system through the use of the web with the telecommunication system including telecom equipment distributed in a geographic region and located in telecom equipment rooms in buildings where telecom equipment of various types are connected to communication links formed of copper and/or optical fiber cables entering the building and leading to communication hardware at subscribers as part of a communication service provided by a telecommunication client, comprising the steps of:
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storing in a data base, at a control station, data representative of telecom equipment installed in racks at various telecom rooms and of the racks so that data representative of available electrical power in respective racks and power consumed by the installed telecom equipment, the physical layout of telecom equipment in respective racks and available space on the racks are accessible through the web;
enabling a remotely located client to access the data base through the web and retrieve data related to installed telecom equipment and the racks in which the telecom equipment is installed;
entering, through the web, a desired change to the telecom equipment for a particular telecom equipment room into the data base;
deriving an evaluation within a signal processor having access to the data base whether the power requirements of telecom equipment for a rack in the particular telecom room after the desired change is implemented is feasible with respect to a total available power for the telecom equipment in the rack;
implementing the desired change to the telecom equipment;
forming an electronic image of the rack in which telecom equipment was changed;
storing the electronic image in the data base for viewing by the remotely located client. - View Dependent Claims (52)
storing termination ports of individual communication lines entering into and exiting from telecom equipment relevant to a telecom equipment room into the data base;
entering the termination ports for telecommunication lines to be connected to the desired equipment into the data base; and
comparing the termination ports for the respective telecommunication lines to validate the installation for the telecom equipment.
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53. A method for communicating telecommunications information over an on-line service between a client and a technician at an on-site location, comprising:
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providing an on-line service accessible by the client and by the technician;
providing an on-site image capturing device;
allowing the client information over the on-line service to specify a modification to be made to telecommunications equipment at the on-site location;
informing the client through the on-line service of the feasibility of the modification;
performing the modification to the equipment at the on-site location; and
transmitting an on-site image of the modification to the on-line service such that the image is accessible by the client. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56)
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Specification