Keenan W Hammond

US Patent:

58320695, Nov 3, 1998

Filed:

Nov 17, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/455050

Inventors:

David Brock Waters - Shawnee KS
Keenan Wayne Hammond - Overland Park KS
Chun Choon Lam - Kansas City MO
Jennifer Jo Lingenfelter - Overland Park KS
Terry Lee Revell - Stilwell KS
Henry Hobart Slack - Overland Park KS

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Co L.P. - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

H04M 1500

US Classification:

379115

Abstract:

An object oriented system models a selected telecommunications circuit to estimate the access cost for leasing the selected circuit. A database contains circuit data relating to a plurality of telecommunications circuits included the selected circuit. The object oriented system includes a unit cost model driver object and a domain object residing on a personal computer. The domain object comprises a plurality of telecommunications objects adapted to model telecommunications circuits in accordance with a preselected cost structure based on a plurality of access cost parameters. The driver object retrieves the circuit data for the selected circuit from the database and distributes the circuit data to the telecommunications objects. The telecommunications objects, which are adapted to communicate with one another upon receiving circuit data, collectively produce an output signal to the driver object representing the access cost for the selected circuit. The driver object, which preferably operates in a batch mode, may forward the access cost for the selected circuit to the database.