Patent ID: 7804939

Claim:
A method of maintaining records associated with a communication network, the method comprising: determining a first data set from the records associated with the communication network, determining a second data set by inspection within the communication network, comparing the first and second data sets, the first and second data sets including elements associated with a number of segments, wherein each segment is associated with a communication path, determining if the first data set is accurate based on the comparison, and if the first data set includes inaccurate data, correcting an inaccuracy comprising: locating a first element in the first data set, the first element associated with a first circuit, locating a second element in the first data set, the second element associated with a second circuit, locating a third element in the first data set, the third element being spare, replacing the second element with the third element in the first data set, making the second element spare, and replacing the first element with the second element in the first data set to thereby correct the inaccuracy.