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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2006/0126801 A1 (43) Pub. Date:
Laperi et al. (54)
TROUBLE TICKET MONITORING SYSTEM HAVING INTERNET ENABLED AND WEB-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO TROUBLE TICKET WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
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US. Cl.
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ABSTRACT
(75) Inventors: Erian Laperi, WentZville, MO (US); Jeremy A. Dilks, East Alton, IL (US)
Correspondence Address: BROOKS KUSHMAN RC. 1000 TOWN CENTER TWENTY-SECOND FLOOR
WFAC, WFADO, and WFADI systems. A dashboard appli cation implements the GUI to essentially enable everything that can be done on WFA systems to be able to be done using
SOUTHFIELD, MI 48075 (US)
(73) Assignee: SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV
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the GUI. The dashboard application interacts With legacy WFA systems for both trouble ticket reporting and interac tive trouble ticket functions While presenting a simple user
interface. Point and click functionality provided by the
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dashboard application for users alloWs for reporting or maintenance functions to be performed With a minium of
Dec. 14, 2004
typing or knowledge of the WFA systems. The dashboard
Publication Classi?cation
approach to trouble ticketing generation and monitoring. The dashboard application combines reports and queries
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A trouble ticket monitoring system includes an Internet enabled and Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) to trouble ticket Workload management systems such as legacy
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application is a server based rather than client based
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