Memorable Telephone Number Identification
A computing device includes a processing unit and a system memory connected to the processing unit. The system memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to: retrieve a pool of telephone numbers; analyze repeating digits and perform pattern matching for each number in the pool of telephone numbers; associate a memorability score with one or more of the numbers in the pool of telephone numbers; and sort the pool of telephone numbers based on the memorability score to create a sorted list of numbers.
1 . A computing device, comprising:
a processing unit;
a system memory connected to the processing unit, the system memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to:
retrieve a pool of telephone numbers;
analyze repeating digits and perform pattern matching for each number in the pool of telephone numbers;
associate a memorability score with one or more of the numbers in the pool of telephone numbers; and
sort the pool of telephone numbers based on the memorability score to create a sorted list of numbers.
2 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processing unit to present the sorted list of numbers to a user.
3 . The computing device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions cause the processing unit to receive a selection by the user of one or more of the telephone numbers in the sorted list of numbers.
4 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the sorted list of numbers is assorted in descending order with a telephone with a highest memorability score at a top of the sorted list.
5 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein, during the repeating digits analysis, a total number of repeating digits in each number in the pool of telephone numbers is calculated.
6 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein, during the pattern matching analysis, a relative pattern of the digits in each number in the pool of telephone numbers is examined.
7 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the pool of numbers is retrieved from a master pool of numbers.
8 . The computing device of claim 7 , wherein, when the pool of telephone numbers is retrieved, the pool of numbers is stored in a temporary pool of numbers.
9 . The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions cause the processing unit to remove those numbers with a memorability score below a threshold value.
10 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processing unit to record statistical information associated with a selection by the user of one or more of the telephone numbers in the sorted list of numbers.
11 . A computer-implemented method for identifying memorable numbers in a pool of telephone numbers, the method comprising:
retrieving, at a computing device, a pool of telephone numbers;
analyzing, using the computing device, each number in the pool of telephone numbers to determine whether or not each number is memorable;
associating a score with one or more of the numbers in the pool of telephone numbers, the score indicating a memorability of the numbers; and
sorting, at the computing device, the pool of telephone numbers based on the score to create a sorted list of numbers.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein analyzing further comprises counting repeating digits for each number in the pool of telephone numbers.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein analyzing further comprises performing pattern matching for each number in the pool of telephone numbers.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein performing pattern matching further comprises examining a relative pattern of digits in each number in the pool of telephone numbers.
15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising presenting the sorted list of numbers to a user at a remote computing device.
16 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, at the computing device, a selection by the user of one or more of the telephone numbers in the sorted list of numbers.
17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising retrieving the pool of numbers from a master pool of numbers stored on a second computing device.
18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising storing, at the computing device, the pool of telephone numbers in a temporary pool of numbers.
19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising removing, at the computing device, those numbers with a score below a threshold value.
20 . A computer-implemented method for identifying memorable numbers in a pool of telephone numbers, the method comprising:
retrieving, at a computing device, a pool of telephone numbers from a master pool of numbers;
storing, at the computing device, the pool of telephone numbers in a temporary pool of numbers;
analyzing, using the computing device, each number in the temporary pool of telephone numbers to determine whether or not each number is memorable, including:
counting repeating digits for each number in the pool of telephone numbers; and
performing pattern matching to identify relative patterns of digits in each number in the pool of telephone numbers;
associating a score with each of the numbers in the pool of telephone numbers, with a higher score indicating a greater memorability and a lower score indicating a lesser memorability for the numbers;
removing, at the computing device, those numbers with a score below a threshold value;
sorting, at the computing device, the pool of telephone numbers based on the score for each of the numbers in the pool of telephone numbers to create a sorted list of numbers;
presenting the sorted list of numbers to a user at a remote computing device; and
receiving, at the computing device, a selection by the user of one or more of the telephone numbers in the sorted list of numbers.