Patent ID: 6546093
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A system for generating a proxy database from customer data received from a switch in a telephony network and representing services available to a subscriber at a switch, comprising:a tape emulator coupled to the switch for receiving customer data from the switch in the telephony network in a first format and converting the first format into a second format, which is for being transmitted to a remote location over a communications link; the proxy database for storing the customer data received from the tape emulator in the second format; and a processor coupled to the tape emulator and to the proxy database for retrieving the customer data from the tape emulator, for storing the customer data in the proxy database, and for transmitting select customer data within the proxy database to the remote location over the communications link for detecting billing discrepancies between the services actually available to the customer and services recorded as being available to the customer.