Patent ID: 8335815
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An automated method of creating an audit trail and repository for recording the processing of trunk orders made between a CLEC and an ILEC for purposes of demonstrating regulatory compliance, the method comprising: receiving at a first computing device an electronic trunk order issued from a second computing device; generating by the first computing device a first electronic time stamp in response to the received trunk order; saving by the first computing device the first electronic time stamp and the electronic trunk order in an electronic repository; communicating by a third computing device a confirmation of the trunk order; generating by the first computing device a second electronic time stamp in response to the communicated confirmation; saving by the first computing device the second electronic time stamp and the confirmation in the electronic repository; generating by the first computing device a trunk circuit order in response to the received trunk order; generating by the first computing device a third electronic time stamp in response to the generated trunk circuit order; saving by the first computing device the third electronic time stamp and the trunk circuit order in the electronic repository; intermittently querying using the third computing device to search the first computing device for the trunk order prior to the trunk order being received by the third computing device, thereby the CLEC retrieving the electronic trunk order before receiving a notification of the electronic trunk order; and permitting access by the CLEC to the electronic time stamps stored in the electronic depository and the ILEC for purposes of allowing them to verify regulatory compliance.