Abstract: A transactional management system includes a plurality of functional modules, distributed in a WAN, for receiving and processing transactional information. The functional modules can include a dealer management system that receives transactional information and formats the information into a regular or test message for transmission over the WAN to either a router or a transaction service system which receives the message, performs certain service operations on the information contained in the message, and transmits the message to a provider management system. The transaction service system includes functionality that identifies a message as a test message, compares the test message to a test case, and if the test message is the same as the test case, generates a message to this effect.

Abstract: A transactional management system includes a plurality of functional modules, distributed in a WAN, for receiving and processing transactional information. The functional modules can include a dealer management system that receives transactional information and formats the information into a regular or test message for transmission over the WAN to either a router or a transaction service system which receives the message, performs certain service operations on the information contained in the message, and transmits the message to a provider management system. The transaction service system includes functionality that identifies a message as a test message, compares the test message to a test case, and if the test message is the same as the test case, generates a message to this effect.

Abstract: A telephone switching system comprising a central office switching unit and a remote field switching unit controlled by the central office unit. The field unit provides controlled connections between a number of trunks extending from the central office unit and a greater number of subscribers connected to the field unit. The field unit additionally contains a number of intracall lines for establishing a connection between two subscribers without the need for sustained trunk connection after the call is established. The central office unit includes a system controller comprising a microprocessor and associated memory units. The system controller receives information interrupts from both the central office unit and the remote field unit as to subscriber calls, subscriber identity, trunk availability and overall system condition alarms. Appropriate control signals are sent from the central office unit to the remote unit to establish the appropriate connections between the units for subscriber connections.