IP Library Granted Patent US 8,385,229
Granted Patent B2
US 8,385,229 · App. 12/637,399 · Granted Feb 26, 2013

Web based capacity management (WBCM) system

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Patent No.
US 8,385,229
App. No.
12/637,399
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user interface for viewing network system data is provided and includes at least one company level view that includes a list of one or more service regions within a company, at least one regional level view that includes a list of one or more service markets within each of the one or more service regions, and at least one market level view that includes a list of one or more wire centers within the one or more service markets.

Claims (39)

1. A system, comprising:

a receiving component configured to:

receive a first set of element management system data and a second set of element management system data; and

reformat the first set of element management system data and the second set of element management system data to produce reformatted element management system data having a common data format; and

a display component configured to use the reformatted element management system data to display network performance metrics via a user interface, the user interface comprising:

at least one company level view including a list of one or more service regions within a company;

at least one regional level view including a list of one or more service markets within each of the one or more service regions; and

at least one market level view including a list of one or more wire centers within the one or more service markets.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface further comprises:

at least one wire center level view including a list of one or more systems within each of the wire centers; and

at least one system level view including a list of one or more central office terminals and one or more subtending remote terminals within each of the one or more systems.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the user interface further comprises:

at least one distribution area level view including a list of one or more cards located within one or more service distribution areas; and

at least one channel bank level view including a list of one or more cards within one or more channel banks.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the user interface further comprises:

at least one card level view including a list of one or more ports associated with each of the one or more cards within each of the one or more service distribution areas and associated with each of the one or more cards located within each of the one or more channel banks;

at least one port level view including a list of one or more attributes associated with each of the one or more ports; and

at least one virtual interface group level view including a list of usage data associated with one or more virtual interface groups.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one company level view further comprises details associated with one or more remote terminals within each of the one or more service regions, details associated with one or more service distribution areas within each of the one or more service regions, details associated with one or more cards within each of the one or more service regions, details associated with one or more ports within each of the one or more service regions, a virtual interface group usage history associated with each of the one or more service regions, a total number of channel banks, a total number of asymmetrical digital subscriber line channel banks, a channel bank concentration value, a remote terminal concentration value, or any combination thereof.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one regional level view further comprises details associated with one or more remote terminals within each of the one or more service markets, details associated with one or more service distribution areas within each of the one or more service markets, details associated with one or more cards within each of the one or more service markets, details associated with one or more ports within each of the one or more service markets, a virtual interface group usage history associated with each of the one or more service markets, or any combination thereof.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one market level view further comprises details associated with one or more remote terminals within each of the one or more wire centers, details associated with one or more service distribution areas within each of the one or more wire centers, details associated with one or more cards within each of the one or more wire centers, details associated with one or more ports within each of the one or more wire centers, a virtual interface group usage history associated with each of the one or more wire centers, or any combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one wire center level view further comprises details associated with one or more remote terminals within each of the one or more systems, details associated with one or more service distribution areas within each of the one or more systems, details associated with one or more cards within each of the one or more systems, details associated with or more ports within each of the one or more systems, details associated with one or more routes within each of the one or more systems, a virtual interface group usage history associated with each of the one or more systems, or any combination thereof.

9. The system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one distribution area level view further comprises details associated with each of the one or more cards within each of the one or more service distribution areas, details associated with one or more ports within each of the one or more service distribution areas, a virtual interface group usage history associated with each of the one or more service distribution areas, or any combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one channel bank level view further comprises details associated with each port within each of the one or more cards within the one or more channel banks.

11. The system of claim 4 , wherein the card level view further comprises details associated with each of the one or more ports.

12. The system of claim 4 , wherein the port level view further comprises details associated with each of the one or more ports.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more wire centers is an eight character wire center.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein processing the network system data includes filtering the network system data based on a classification of a user of the user interface.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein filtering the network system data includes preventing the display of portions of the network system data.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program embedded therein, the computer program comprising:

instructions to receive a first set of element management system data and a second set of element management system data;

instructions to reformat the first set of element management system data and the second set of element management system data to produce reformatted element management system data having a common data format; and

instructions to use the reformatted element management system data to display network performance metrics including:

instructions to display at least one company level view including a list of one or more service regions within a company;

instructions to display at least one regional level view including a list of one or more service markets within each of the one or more service regions; and

instructions to display at least one market level view including a list of one or more wire centers within the one or more service markets.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising instructions to notify a user of changes to network performance metrics based on a classification of the user.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein notification of the user is based at least on one of the network performance metrics exceeding a particular threshold.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the network performance metrics are selected from the group consisting of bandwidth utilization, bit error rates, line characteristics, traffic performance, inventory performance, and vendor performance.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2017
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: SERVICENOW, INC.
Reel/Frame 044241/0085 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 18, 2017
From: SBC PROPERTIES, L.P.
To: SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
Reel/Frame 043889/0447 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 18, 2017
From: SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
To: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
Reel/Frame 043889/0470 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 18, 2017
From: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 043889/0587 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 023650 FRAME 0473. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 18, 2017
From: MANTHOULIS, ORESTIS; WONG, PETER; ARMANINO, FREDERICK; SAVOOR, RAGHVENDRA G.
To: SBC PROPERTIES, L.P.
Reel/Frame 043891/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2009
From: MANTHOULIS, ORESTIS; WONG, PETER; ARMANINO, FREDERICK; SAVOOR, RAGHVENDRA G.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 023650/0473 →