Deborah L Robinson

US Patent:

7769011, Aug 3, 2010

Filed:

Dec 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/746983

Inventors:

Lisa Kay McLellan - Belton MO, US
Jennifer Susan Istok - Orlando FL, US
Deborah Maria Robinson - Mansfield OH, US
Mary (“Cathy”) Brown Etheridge - Tarboro NC, US
Richard Charles Glover - Overland Park KS, US
David Eugene Maas - Olathe KS, US
Dana Darlene Liston - Olathe KS, US

Assignee:

Embarq Holdings Company, LLC - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370392, 3703951

Abstract:

A method and system for automatically generating and maintaining Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) addresses is provided. The method includes receiving a request from a requestor that includes an element identifier corresponding to a network element to be ultimately associated with the ATM address, validating the request, providing a unique identifier that corresponds to the network element, grouping the unique identifier with a set of parameters to create the ATM address without user intervention, and storing the ATM address in a repository. The system includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for receiving one or more parameters to be used to generate the ATM address and a set of computer-useable instructions accessible by the GUI that perform a method for generating the ATM address without user intervention based in part on the one or more parameters.