Methods and systems for automating data transactions in a CLEC interface model
View Patent ↗The present invention provides methods and systems for automating data transactions in a CLEC interface model. A computer-implemented method for provisioning trunk circuit orders is provided with an interne interface to a computing device to exchange information. A trunk order issued by a first organization is received at the computing device. A first notification of the trunk order is sent to a second organization. A confirmation in response to the trunk order is received at the computing device. A common interface is provided for information exchange. Processing time is decreased for modifying, creating, and deleting trunk circuits in a telecommunications network. Records are maintained and automatically cataloged with time and date-stamps to keep a history for reference.
1. An automated method of creating an audit trail and repository for recording the processing of trunk orders made between a CLEC and an ILEC for purposes of demonstrating regulatory compliance, the method comprising:
receiving at a first computing device an electronic trunk order issued from a second computing device;
generating by the first computing device a first electronic time stamp in response to the received trunk order;
saving by the first computing device the first electronic time stamp and the electronic trunk order in an electronic repository;
communicating by a third computing device a confirmation of the trunk order;
generating by the first computing device a second electronic time stamp in response to the communicated confirmation;
saving by the first computing device the second electronic time stamp and the confirmation in the electronic repository;
generating by the first computing device a trunk circuit order in response to the received trunk order;
generating by the first computing device a third electronic time stamp in response to the generated trunk circuit order;
saving by the first computing device the third electronic time stamp and the trunk circuit order in the electronic repository;
intermittently querying using the third computing device to search the first computing device for the trunk order prior to the trunk order being received by the third computing device, thereby the CLEC retrieving the electronic trunk order before receiving a notification of the electronic trunk order; and
permitting access by the CLEC to the electronic time stamps stored in the electronic depository and the ILEC for purposes of allowing them to verify regulatory compliance.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein permitting access by the CLEC comprises restricting access to the electronic time stamps of a second CLEC.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein permitting access by the CLEC comprises permitting access by a plurality of CLECs to the electronic depository.
4. The method of claim 3 , and further comprises permitting access by one of the plurality of CLECs to electronic time stamps associated with the one of the plurality of CLECs and restricting access by the one of the plurality of CLECs to electronic time stamps not associated with the one of the plurality of CLECs.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising positioning the first computing device at a network of the second computing device.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising positioning the first computing device at a network of the third computing device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second computing device is at a first company.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the third computing device is at a second company.