Patent ID: 7577243

Claim:
A method comprising: inquiring in a first transaction about a first telecommunication feature unavailable to a first party of a telecommunication network; in accordance with the inquiring in the first transaction, storing a first data structure which identifies the first party of the telecommunication network and the first telecommunication feature unavailable to the first party; after storing the first data structure, and after completion of the first transaction, upgrading a portion of the telecommunication network which serves the first party; in accordance with upgrading the portion of the telecommunication network which serves the first party, inputting availability data which indicates an availability of the first telecommunication feature to the portion of the telecommunication network which serves the first party; in response to upgrading the portion of the telecommunication network which serves the first party, processing the first data structure and the availability data to determine that the first telecommunication feature has become available to the first party; and placing a call to the first party to inform the first party that the first telecommunication feature has become available, wherein placing the call to inform the first party that the first telecommunication feature has become available occurs before the first party has subscribed to the first telecommunication feature, wherein the placing of the call to the first party occurs in response to the inquiring in the first transaction, the upgrading the portion of the telecommunication network, and the processing of the first data structure and the availability data, wherein the first party has the opportunity to subscribe to the first telecommunication feature after the call is placed.