Patent ID: 6597773
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A system for managing telecommunications infrastructure comprising:a computer; a communications link between said computer and a plurality of users; a sites database accessible by said computer, said sites database having stored thereon site information relating to a plurality of telecommunications sites, and being accessible by a site identifier; a schedules database accessible by said computer, said schedules database having stored thereon schedule maintenance plans relating to a plurality of telecommunications sites, and being accessible by a site identifier; a pathways database accessible by said computer, said pathways database having stored thereon pathway ownership data indicative of which pathways in and between telecommunications sites are owned by which users and which pathways are available for use, said pathway ownership data being accessible by a user identifier; software executing on said computer for receiving from the plurality of users through said communications link a site identifier indicative of a site of interest, and for retrieving from said sites database and for transmitting to the plurality of users through said communications link information relating to the site of interest; software executing on said computer for receiving from the plurality of users through said communications link a site update for a site which has been updated, and for updating the site information relating to the updated site on said sites database; software executing on said computer for receiving from said plurality of users through said communications link a work order for a site to be accessed, said work order comprising a site identifier indicative of the site to be accessed; software executing on said computer for retrieving from said schedules database and for transmitting to the plurality of users through said communications link a schedule maintenance plan relating to the site to be accessed; software executing on said computer for receiving from the plurality of users through said communications link an indication of a desired time period for access to the site to be accessed; software executing on said computer for, if no scheduling conflict is determined to exist, updating the schedule maintenance plan relating to the site to be accessed on said schedules database to reflect the indication of the desired time period for access to the site to be accessed; software executing on said computer for receiving from said plurality of users through said communications link a user identifier for a particular user; software executing on said computer for retrieving from said pathways database pathway ownership data indicative of which pathways are owned by the particular user and which pathways owned by the particular user are available for use; software executing on said computer for receiving from the plurality of users through said communications link an indication of a desired start site and a desired end site for a cable to be run; software executing on said computer for calculating and transmitting to the plurality of users through said communications link, based upon the desired start site, the desired end site, and the retrieved pathway ownership data, at least one pathway for running the cable, and for receiving an indication from the plurality of users through said communications link of a selected pathway for running the cable; and software executing on said computer for updating the pathway ownership data on said schedules database to reflect the selected pathway for running the cable.