METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND PLAYING DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES INDICATIVE OF MTA PROVISIONING STATUS

摘要

A method and an apparatus, which generates and plays diagnostic messages (16, 18) indicative of a media terminal adaptor (10) provisioning status (28). The media terminal adaptor (10) detects errors in its provisioning status (28) or an out-of-service state (30). Thus, when a telephone (50) connected to the media terminal adaptor (10) is taken off-hook and the media terminal adaptor (10) that is not provisioned (28), or placed in an out-of-service state (30) by the service provider, the media terminal adaptor (10) will generate then an appropriate diagnostic audio voice message (16) or tone sequence (18) to the telephone (50) instructing the listener on how to proceed in order to resolve the problem (34).