US 12,003,663 B2
Update and procurement of telecom lines using automated reconciliation of device information
Jordan Kauffman, Indianapolis, IN (US); Joan Schrenkel, Westfield, IN (US); Jessie Leigh Sroka, Westfield, IN (US); Jason Pineda, Indianapolis, IN (US); Scott Carder, Indianapolis, IN (US); Mark Johnson Bailey, Indianapolis, IN (US); Robert King, Westfield, IN (US); and Matthew Alan Crouch, Westfield, IN (US)
Assigned to Tangoe US, Inc., Stamford, CT (US)
Filed by Tangoe US, Inc., Stamford, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,249.
Application 18/174,249 is a continuation of application No. 17/154,643, filed on Jan. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,637,935.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328184 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01)
CPC H04M 15/8083 (2013.01) [G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04M 15/43 (2013.01); H04M 15/46 (2013.01); H04M 15/60 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing telecommunications devices comprising:
providing software executing on a computer, the software communicates with a plurality of telecommunications devices, each telecommunications device having device identification information and information indicative of one or more telecommunications plans for each telecommunications device;
determining a time for an expected run of a computer program which makes changes to telecommunications plans of one or more of the plurality of devices to reduce costs based on measured telecommunications usage of the plurality of devices;
prior to said run time and with said software, obtaining updated device information via a telecommunications network from each of said plurality of telecommunications devices such that the device information is up to date;
after obtaining said updated device information, running the computer program to determine changes to the telecommunications plans of the one or more of the plurality of devices based on the measured usage by using the device information which is up to date due to the obtaining step and the computer program modifying the telecommunications plans of the one or more of the plurality of devices by transmitting a request to at least one of the plurality of the telecommunications provider servers.