Patent ID: 9596100
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a first set of data from a media gateway, the first set of data including an identifier for a trunk and a point code identifying an out-of-band signaling network device associated with the trunk, wherein the trunk, the point code, and the out-of-band signaling network device are associated with at least one signaling system 7 (SS7) network, and wherein the at least one SS7 network comprises at least one signaling channel configured to convey signaling traffic to manage customer communication along the trunk: receiving a second set of data from the media gateway, the second set of data including the trunk identifier, an identifier for a link associated with the trunk identifier, and a utilization value associated with the link, wherein the utilization value associated with the link indicates a portion of capacity of the link being used, and wherein the link comprises the at least one signaling channel: generating, in a computing device having a processor and a memory, a data record from the first set of data and the second set of data, the data record including a utilization value associated with the point code; and generating a data record from the first set of data and the second set of data that includes a utilization value associated with the media gateway, wherein the utilization value associated with the media gateway corresponds to a percentage of links enabled in the media gateway.