Patent ID: 7468973

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first network; an second network; migration portal operatively coupled to the second network and to the first network; and the migration portal having an information converter, the information converter having inputs for receiving first number related information that is utilized in the first network, and having outputs for providing second telephone number related information that is utilized in the second network, the second telephone number related information being a function of a predetermined subset of the first number related information; wherein a processor with transformation code reads data related to the class 3, 4 or 5 telephony switches and selects only predetermined portions of information as usable data, wherein the selected information is stored in a common database to allow for further data manipulation, wherein the information converter runs transformations on the selected data and outputs text files and executable files, the text files containing the useable data and the executable files perform the movement of the useable data into a VoIP system in order to transfer customers and system configuration information from legacy systems to state of the art VoIP systems; wherein the information converter has a master file with data fields and specifications for the data fields, and having process specifications for how to handle the data fields, wherein the master file is operatively coupled to a database build component that forms the information that is stored in a database, and wherein the information converter has a network element build component, wherein the network element build component has a network element load generation code that is an upload and download interface, wherein the network element load generation code is operatively coupled to a network element script generator, which is operatively coupled to the database, and wherein the network element script generator is operatively coupled to a network element package generator.