Auditing system with interactive rule construction user interface

US8185455B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Euly LeGro · Benicia, US
• Gideon Juve · San Ramon, US
• Kin Chan · Danville, US
• Jorge Pastoral, Jr. · Pleasant Hill, US
• Robert B. Rich · Wilmington, US
• Kelly E. Stephenson · Overland, US
• Jack Fine · Benicia, US
• Michael L. Peterson · Lino Lakes, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2005
• Grant date: May 22, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for auditing telecommunication billing data comprises a rule-construction user interface and an audit component. The rule-construction user interface comprises a plurality of rule condition parameter menus to construct an audit rule for at least one telecommunication billing attribute. In a particular embodiment, before baselining the audit rule, a user can test rule conditions against actual data, and the user can compare multiple versions of a single audit rule to determine which version successfully identifies exceptions. The audit component is to perform an audit of a telecommunication billing data set for exceptions to the audit rule constructed using the rule-construction user interface. Once identified, the exceptions can be assigned to additional tool users to assist in exception investigation and maintenance using an exception maintenance component.