Patent ID: 6987838
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of provisioning subscriber services in a communication system having a plurality of subscribers, said method comprising: receipt by an operations support system of a provisioning instruction with respect to a particular service condition for a specific subscriber, said operations support system not containing within it instructions pertaining to certain equipment which could be utilized to provide said specific subscriber with said particular service; said operations support system issuing an instruction to a network connected to said specific subscriber, said instruction being such that it is directed to a specific piece of equipment which provides said particular service condition to said specific subscriber, even though said specific piece of equipment is not present with respect to said specific subscriber; and at a location within said network intercepting said issued instruction and translating said intercepted instruction in a manner to accomplish said particular service condition with equipment not identifiable by said operations support system.