Patent ID: 7373544

Claim:
A computer implemented method of disaster restoration of a network element in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of: receiving from a disaster restoration database at least one computer readable restoration module, including first identifier data, associated with a first network element, the first network element being identified for restoration upon a disaster declaration and searching said disaster restoration database for the least one computer readable restoration module using a network element attribute value for identifying the first network element and a collection attribute value to indicate a period when said at least one restoration module was collected from said first network element, the step of receiving further includes a step of converting the first identifier data to a second identifier data for a second network element; establishing a connectivity session with the second network element over said telecommunications network; transmitting said at least one computer readable restoration module to said second network element during said connectivity session; and transmitting at least one computer readable instruction to said second network element so as to reconfigure operation of said second network element with said at least one restoration module.