Patent ID: 6370151
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
In a communications network comprising a plurality of service provider networks each supported by and communicating with a central administration center over separate communication links, a method of provisioning the communications network with updated signalling routing data comprising the steps of:in response to receiving a porting request to port a directory number (DN) served by a first Service Provider network to a second Service Provider network, the central administration center over respective communication links first sending updated signalling routing data reflecting the porting change toward the second Service Provider network; in response to receiving a confirmation message that the second Service Provider network has been updated with the routing data, the central administration center over respective communication links then sending updated routing data reflecting the porting change toward at least one intermediate Service Provider network; and in response to receiving a confirmation message that each intermediate Service Provider network has been updated with signalling routing data, the central administration center over a communication link then sending updated signalling routing data reflecting the porting change toward the first Service provider-network.