Patent ID: 7639623

Claim:
A method for real time simultaneous monitoring of a plurality of logical circuits in a data network, wherein each logical circuit comprises at least one logical connection for communicating data, the method comprising: receiving trap data for a plurality of logical circuits in the data network, the trap data including current status information for each of the plurality of logical circuits, wherein a first one of the plurality of logical circuits connects a host device to a remote device and traverses a first local access and transport area, an inter-exchange carrier, and a second local access and transport area, wherein the inter-exchange carrier connects the first local access and transport area to the second local access and transport area, wherein the first local access and transport area is at a host end of the first one of the plurality of logical circuits associated with the host device, wherein the second local access and transport area is at a remote end of the first one of the plurality of logical circuits associated with the remote device, and wherein receiving the trap data for the plurality of logical circuits in the data network comprises: requesting first trap data for a first logical connection at the host end of the first one of the plurality of logical circuits; identifying, based on the first trap data, a logical identifier of the first one of the plurality of logical circuits; accessing a database to identify a second logical connection at the remote end of the first one of the plurality of logical circuits based on the logical identifier of the first one of the plurality of logical circuits; and requesting second trap data for the second logical connection after identifying the second logical connection using the database; updating customer data stored in the database with the current status information of the first one of the plurality of logical circuits based on the first and second trap data, the customer data comprising the logical identifier and a customer identification; and displaying the current status information for the first one of the plurality of logical circuits associated with the customer identification, wherein displaying the current status information comprises displaying whether the first one of the plurality of logical circuits has failed.