Patent ID: 8117099

Claim:
A computer implemented method for converting a business account from a source billing system to a target billing system, comprising: designing a conversion engine comprising a plurality of success metrics and a plurality of back-out points at which the conversion engine may return the business account to the source billing system when one of the plurality of success metrics is not met; executing the conversion engine to extract data from the source billing system, wherein the extracted data is compared to data in the source billing system to determine extraction error rates; executing the conversion engine to translate the data extracted from the source billing system, wherein the translated data is compared to data in the source billing system to determine translation error rates; executing the conversion engine to load the translated data into the target billing system, wherein the loaded data in the target billing system is compared to data in the source billing system to determine loading error rates; and executing the conversion engine to back out of converting the business account at one of the plurality of back-out points when at least one of an extraction error rate of the determined extraction error rates, a translation error rate of the determined translation error rates, and a loading error rate of the determined loading error rates fail to meet one of the plurality of success metrics.