Patent ID: 9245241
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-based method of planning resources based on a resource need, the method comprising: performing operations as follows on a processor; importing into a resource planning application that executes on a resource planning system a plurality of location relief strategy plan data sets for installing and retiring apparatus resources in a defined geographic region, wherein one of the location relief strategy plan data sets is defined as a primary location relief strategy plan for installing and retiring apparatus resources in the defined geographic region and one other one of the location relief strategy plan data sets is defined as an alternate location relief strategy plan for installing and retiring apparatus resources in the defined geographic region, and the primary location relief strategy plan and the alternate location relief strategy plans are maintained in a memory of the resource planning system; generating within the resource planning application a resource plan based on the primary location relief strategy plan and the alternate location relief strategy plan; displaying on a display device a graphical representation of the primary location relief strategy plan overlaid on a geographic map of the defined region without displaying a graphical representation of the alternative location relief strategy plan in response to receiving a first user input and displaying on the display device a combination of a graphical representation of the primary location relief strategy plan and a graphical representation of the alternative location relief strategy plan overlaid on the geographic map of the defined region in response to receiving a different second user input; and initiating installation, retirement, and repair of one of the apparatus resources based on the resource plan; wherein the apparatus resources comprise part of a network infrastructure that is to provide services for multiple entities; and wherein initiating repair of one of the apparatus resources comprises determining a location of damage to a fiber optic asset based on the resource plan and optical time-domain reflectormeter information.