METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CROSS-CONNECT SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC FACILITY INFORMATION TRANSFERENCE TO A REMOTE LOCATION

摘要

Automatic facility information transfer to remote locations (10, 22, 23, 50) in cross-connect systems is accomplished by providing limited telephone services to wired premises not having permanent service (1) by enabling 911 calls, calls requesting permanent service, operator-assisted telephone company credit card calls, and calls to repair/maintenance centers from personnel (53) in the field. In response to off-hook conditions at prospective subscriber premises (1) or service personnel handsets (53) connected to cable pairs (19) in the field, limited telephone services are provided by a matrix system (2). Cable pair designations and the dialed telephone number are ascertained to respectively access a database (35) and look-up table (34) to retrieve facility and protocol information for subsequent transmission to a paging system (21). A representative at the calling destination verifies calling line telephone numbers received from the paging system (21) and displayed at a paging device against calling line telephone numbers received from the telephone network and displayed at a workstation.