Patent ID: 6473502
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
An interface to a local number portability (LNP) network, comprising:a communications link; an engine interface; a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to said engine interface via said communications link; said engine interface for transmitting data from said LNP network to said GUI via said communications link and transmitting data received from said GUI to said LNP network; said GUI comprising means for providing screen displays to a user for performing LNP network maintenance functions including at least one of maintaining a service provider (SP), maintaining a numbering plan area-telephone number exchange (NPA-NXX), and maintaining local routing number (LRN); said GUI comprising means for providing screen displays to a user for performing LNP subscription version (SV) maintenance functions including at least one of creating as a gaining SV, creating as a losing SV, activating a SV, modifying a SV, cancelling a SV, disconnecting a SV, acknowledging cancellation of a SV, resolving a conflict with a SV, and querying a SV; said GUI comprising means for providing screen displays to a user for performing reconciling with a number portability administration center (NPAC) functions including at least one of initiating a NPAC audit, and querying a NPAC audit; and said GUI comprising means for providing screen displays to a user for performing viewing of LNP notifications functions including at least one of viewing operational information notifications, viewing cancellation acknowledge notifications, viewing customer disconnect notifications, viewing create request notifications, viewing concurrence request notifications, viewing SV status change notifications, viewing final concurrence notifications, and viewing a first use of numbering plan area-telephone number exchange (NPA-NXX) notifications.