Method for creating and modifying similar and dissimilar databases for use in hardware equipment configurations for telecommunication systems

摘要

This invention uses a computer program to mine preexisting hardware equipment configuration data located in a variety of preexisting source hardware equipment configuration databases. The computer program either creates a new hardware equipment configuration database from parts of existing hardware equipment configuration databases or modifies an existing hardware equipment configuration database. The computer program replaces the current system=s reliance upon manual data entry by data engineers to configure the operation of a new telecommunication switch or replace the software in a telecommunication switch that was damaged or requires a new hardware equipment configuration data configuration. This invention provides accurate and timely customer information, significantly decreases the time interval for engineering a new database, decreases the research and data entry time, decreases the interval for lab planning and project management, improves hardware equipment configuration database integrity, provides a cleaner hardware equipment configuration database, reuses existing hardware equipment configuration data eliminating double data entry, reuses some existing software code, and uses preexisting office data administration tools and provides a platform for future growth and expandability. By accomplishing these tasks, the telecommunication switch manufacturer or telecommunication switch operator saves time, money and decreases time-to-market product and service schedules.