Multi-Provider Telecommunication Service Aggregation System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Service providers face limitations in offering worldwide connectivity services due to limited geographic coverage, necessitating collaborations with geographically diverse service providers to establish end-to-end connectivity.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that combine service offerings from multiple service providers' networks to satisfy connectivity requests by determining which portions can be satisfied by individual providers, packaging requests for transmission, processing responses, and generating a combined connectivity service, allowing for automated pricing and quoting while maintaining trade secrets.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If service providers collaborate with geographically diverse service providers to establish end-to-end connectivity, then the geographic coverage and connectivity capability are improved, but the system complexity and coordination overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegeographic coverageVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a service provider interface as an intermediary that standardizes interactions between multiple service providers. This interface handles request routing, response aggregation, and coordination logic, thereby managing the complexity of multi-provider collaborations while enabling expanded geographic coverage through end-to-end connectivity services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments the connectivity service into discrete request and response components that can be independently processed by different service providers. Each provider handles specific portions of the connectivity request based on their geographic coverage, and the interface aggregates these segmented services into a complete end-to-end connection, managing complexity through modular processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If automated pricing and quoting systems are implemented across multiple service providers, then the pricing speed and automation level are improved, but the difficulty of maintaining trade secret protection increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepricing speedVSAvoidtrade secret exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The pricing and quoting process is segmented so that each service provider calculates prices independently for their own service portions using their own trade secret pricing logic. The interface only aggregates the final priced components without exposing individual providers' pricing algorithms or sensitive business rules to other providers, thus maintaining trade secret protection while achieving automated pricing speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The service provider interface acts as a confidential intermediary that receives pricing requests from customers, distributes them to appropriate service providers, collects the priced responses, and presents a consolidated quote to the customer. This intermediary layer ensures that no service provider directly accesses another provider's pricing data or trade secrets, enabling automated pricing while protecting sensitive information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240394766A1System and Method for Telecommunication Services
Publication Date: 2024.11.28 CATAWORX INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a system for combining service offerings from two or more service providers' networks to satisfy a service request. The system includes an interface for receiving a first service request from a requesting party's device and transmitting a second service request to a second service provider. A request processing unit determines a first portion of the first service request that can be satisfied by a first service provider and packages a second portion into the second service request. A connectivity processing unit combines the first portion and a received second service provider response to generate a combined connectivity service satisfying the first service request across two or more service providers. The system enables automated quoting and provisioning of connectivity services spanning multiple providers and geographic regions.