Rules engine for telecommunication circuit attribute identification

1. A system for determining attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit, comprising:

a first computer in communication with a second computer, the second computer transmitting a query to the first computer for attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit, the second computer transmitting to the first computer a telecommunication network circuit ID number;

a database in communication with the first computer, the database having the attributes associated with the telecommunication network circuit stored therein; and

a rules engine for determining the attributes associated with the telecommunication network circuit identified by the telecommunication network circuit ID number;

wherein the database contains a first look-up-table for storing circuit type rules associated with telecommunication network circuits.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second computer is a client and the first computer is a server and the first and second computers are adapted to form a client-server network.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a legacy system in communication with the first computer.

4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising a second database in communication with the legacy system.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the second database comprises updated attributes associated with telecommunication network circuits.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second computer is a CORBA client and the first computer is a CORBA server and the first and second computers are adapted to form a CORBA based network.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising a legacy system in communication with the first computer.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a second database in communication with the legacy system.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second database comprises updated attributes associated with telecommunication network circuits.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computer includes a web server.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the database is populated automatically by the first computer.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first look-up-table includes portions selected from the group consisting of a rules portion, a circuit type portion and a circuit class portion.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the database contains a second look-up-table for storing attributes associated with telecommunication network circuits.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the second look-up-table includes portions selected from the group consisting of a circuit type portion, a circuit attribute portion, a min value portion, a max value portion and a default value portion.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the attributes are selected from the group consisting of network circuit capacity, speed escalation, expiration time, serialized, non-serialized, due date, ZLOC address and ALOC address.

16. A computer system, comprising:

a server including a software application for executing instructions associated with a software application that utilizes a telecommunication network circuit ID number for determining one or more attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit;

a client including a second software application for interfacing with a user and transmitting the telecommunication network circuit ID number to the server;

a database in communication with the server, the database having the attributes associated with the telecommunication network circuit stored therein; and

wherein, the server receives the circuit ID number from the second software application and determines various attributes associated with the network circuit based on the circuit ID number;

wherein the database contains a first look-up-table for storing circuit type rules associated with telecommunication network circuits.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising communicating the attributes back to the second software application that performed the query.

18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising a rules based engine for determining the attributes associated with the telecommunication network circuit based on the network circuit ID number.

19. A system for determining attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit, comprising:

means for transmitting a request for attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit from a first computer to a second computer, the request including a telecommunication network circuit ID number;

means for executing a set of rules by the second computer for determining the attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit type identified by the telecommunication network circuit ID number; and

means for storing in communication with the first computer, the means for storing having the attributes associated with the telecommunication network circuit stored therein;

wherein the means for storing contains a first look-up-table for storing circuit type rules associated with telecommunication network circuits.

20. A method for determining attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit, comprising:

transmitting a request for attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit from a first computer to a second computer, the request including a telecommunication network circuit ID number;

executing a set of rules by the second computer for determining the attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit type identified by the telecommunication network circuit ID number; and

parsing a string in a look-up-table for determining a telecommunication network circuit type in accordance with the telecommunication network circuit ID number.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein transmitting a request includes transmitting a plurality of requests to the second computer from a plurality of first computers.

22. The method of claim 20 , further comprising automatically updating the attributes.

23. The method of claim 20 , further comprising storing an initial set of attributes in a database and updating the attributes on a periodic basis.

24. The method according to claim 20 , further comprising retrieving attributes from the look-up-table and providing the attributes to the first computer.

25. A method for determining attributes associated with a telecommunication network circuit, comprising:

providing a telecommunication network circuit ID number from a software application to an application server;

retrieving information associated with a telecommunication network circuit based on the telecommunication network circuit ID number from a database, the database being in communication with the application server;

processing the information according to a predetermined set of rules;

returning the information to the software application; and

parsing a string in a look-up-table for determining a telecommunication network circuit type in accordance with the telecommunication network circuit ID number.

26. The method of claim 25 , further comprising storing the information in the database.

27. The method of claim 25 , further comprising determining one or more attributes of a plurality of telecommunication network circuits from a central location.

28. The method of claim 25 , wherein processing the information according to a predetermined set of rules includes processing the information according to a rules engine utilizing a look-up-table.

29. The method of claim 25 , wherein processing the information according to a predetermined set of rules includes processing the information according to a rules engine utilizing a plurality of look-up-tables.

30. The method of claim 25 , wherein updating the attributes associated with thetelecommunication network circuits does not affect the software application.