Patent ID: 7386795

Claim:
A system, comprising a database storing data describing one or more frames located at telecommunications system offices, wherein each of the one or more frames is laid out in a matrix of a plurality of blocks and each of the plurality of blocks is laid out in a matrix of a plurality of pins, the data including (a) data uniquely identifying each block in the one or more frames, and (b) data describing a current condition of the one or more frames, including data indicating which of the plurality of pins in the one or more frames are currently in use and which of the plurality of pins in the one of more frames are currently available for use; a frame browsing system coupled to the database, the frame browsing system including an interface connected to a remotely located computing device over a communications link, wherein the interface receives a request from the computing device for data relating to at least one requested frame of the one or more frames, and receives the data relating to the at least one requested frame from the database, a graphical representation of a current condition of the at least one requested frame, the graphical representation including a visual indication of a plurality of pins currently in use in the at least one requested frame and a visual indication of a plurality of pins available for use in the at least one requested frame, the graphical representation configured to effect a mapping between the plurality of pins available for use in the at least one requested frame and telecommunications lines leading to and from the at least one requested frame; wherein the frame browsing system is configured to transmit the graphical representation to the remotely located computing device over the communication link.