Patent ID: 7552123
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of synchronizing data in service and billing databases, the method comprising: accessing, using a computer processor, first data of a selected type in a billing database including billing data associated with network services provided to subscribers of the network to provide billing data that includes selected billing data of the selected type; accessing second data of the selected type in a service database including service data associated with maintaining the services to the subscriber to provide selected service data of the selected type; modifying the service database to include selected billing data when the selected billing data is absent from the selected service data; and modifying the service database to remove selected service data when the selected service data is absent from the selected billing data to synchronize the service and billing databases, wherein the service database comprises at least one of a Loop Maintenance and Operations System (LMOS), a Network Services Database (NSDB), a Trunk Information Record Keeping System (TIRKS), and a Work Force Administration/Control System (WFA/C); and wherein the billing database comprises at least one of a Carrier Access Billing System (CABS), a Customer Record Information System (CRIS), and a combination of the CABS and CRIS.