Patent ID: 7409201

Claim:
An Access Point Name (“APN”) definition control engine for enabling transmission of mobile communications data to a location in a digital network identified by an APN, comprising: means for associating, by an authorized operator employed by a mobile service provider, a plurality of parameters with a plurality of core network elements, wherein said parameters are used by said core network elements to deliver mobile communications data through said APN; means for provisioning, by a computer at the direction of said authorized operator, the core network elements with said parameters; means for logging a user identification corresponding to said authorized operator, an operation performed by said authorized operator, an operation performed by said definition control engine, at least one identification of an affected core network element from said plurality of core network elements, an acknowledgement and status of a provisioned parameter returned from said affected core network element, a date of said operation performed by said authorized operator, and a date of said operation performed by said definition control engine.