Anthony R Hanson

US Patent:

20060165004, Jul 27, 2006

Filed:

Nov 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/988983

Inventors:

Mark Steele - Lake Dallas TX, US
Anthony Hanson - Dallas TX, US

International Classification:

H04J 1/16
H04J 3/14

US Classification:

370250000

Abstract:

Methods and systems in a communications network to look at all of the DACS II output and determine whether a fault exists. If a fault is determined to exist, then an email is sent to the appropriate users notifying them that a problem has occurred. Three computer program commands, for example, are set up to automatically be sent to the network elements at a selected time everyday. The response to the commands is automatically emailed to a specified UNIX server. At 0600, for example, the program automatically kicks off the 3 commands and analyzes the data from the responses to the commands. If the program finds a fault in the command outputs, the program will then post what the fault is on a website. In various embodiments, the software also automatically kicks off an email to a distribution list in the program. The email can go to anybody that requests to be on it. For example, it is sent to an Network Operations Center, where the fault is responded to. The whole process is automated, including the emailing or web page posting of any faults found.