Patent ID: 6880001

Claim:
A data management system for management of telecommunication system subscriber data in a telecommunication system having first and second duplex telecommunication networks, wherein each telecommunication network of the first and second duplex telecommunication networks contains subscriber data including subscriber location and service data for each subscriber of the each telecommunication network, the subscriber data for the each telecommunication network having a unique format in accordance with a telecommunication network architecture for the each telecommunication network, said data management system comprising: a.) means for linking the data management system, in a transparent manner with respect to the telecommunication network architecture of the first and second telecommunication networks, to telecommunication network elements of the first and second telecommunication networks handling subscriber data; b.) means for storing the subscriber data of the first and second telecommunication networks in a single logical subscriber database; and c.) means for exchanging subscriber data: (i.) between the telecommunication network elements of the first and second telecommunication networks handling subscriber data; (ii.) between the telecommunication network elements handling subscriber data and the single logical subscriber database; and (iii.) between the telecommunication network elements within one of the first and second telecommunication networks handling subscriber data.