Patent ID: 7813494

Claim:
A system for managing distributing frames in a telephone network, comprising: a database that stores inventory information about a plurality of distributing frames, including vertical layout and horizontal layout for each frame in the plurality of distributing frames; a server having access to a computer program, the server utilizing the computer program and the database to execute instructions contained in the computer program to: select a frame from a plurality of frames in response to an input for terminating connections for a plurality of telephone lines on the selected frame; assign space for a terminating equipment on the selected frame for terminating the plurality of telephone lines on the terminating equipment; and generate at least one report, suitable for use with a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the at least one report displays the terminating equipment and equipment already in use on the selected frame and further wherein the at least one report includes: a report that shows a vertical view of the selected frame showing outside plant equipment; and a report that shows a horizontal view of the selected frame showing line equipment associated with a switch that routes telephone calls relating to the plurality of telephone lines.