Systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating a disaster recovery effort to repair and restore service provider networks affected by a disaster

US9697496B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Robert Hamilton · Los Angeles, US
• Jeremy Sullins · Blue Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/163
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products are for processing damage survey information associated with a disaster event. According to one aspect, a method for processing damage survey information associated with a disaster event includes in response to the disaster event, receiving, at a disaster recovery system (DRS), the damage survey information. In some embodiments, the damage survey information includes an area of impact that defines an area in which at least one physical plant was damaged in the disaster event and a physical plant type identifier (PPTI) for each physical plant damaged in the disaster event. Each PPTI identifies a physical plant type of a plurality of physical plant types. The method also includes analyzing the damage survey information to determine to which of a plurality of disaster recovery dispatch units (DRDUs) the DRS should route the damage survey information and routing the damage survey information to the appropriate DRDUs.