Patent ID: 6289095
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A system for managing a numbering plan area (Nsplit in a telecommunications network Intelligent Network environment having at least one Intelligent Network element containing a plurality of information items relating to a telecommunications service including a representation of said at least one telephone directory number, and the NPA split requiring a change in a defined portion of at least one telephone directory number of said telecommunications network, said system comprising:a service management system operatively coupled to said at least one Intelligent Network element;said service management system having a user interface for receiving information about said NPA split, said information including a representation of a pre-split value of said defined portion and a post-split value of said defined portion;said service management system further having indicia identifying information items of said Intelligent Network element which must be changed as a result of said NPA split;said service management system further having an instruction generator responsive to said indicia and said information about said NPA split for providing an instruction to said intelligent network element to convert representations of said pre-split value of said defined portion of said at least one telephone directory number to representations of said post-split value within said information items; andsaid at least one Intelligent Network element further having a converter operative in response to said instruction to convert representations of said pre-split value of said defined portion of said at least one telephone directory number to representations of said post-split value within said information items.