IP Library Granted Patent US 10,306,075
Granted Patent B2
US 10,306,075 · App. 15/720,909 · Granted May 28, 2019

Toll-free telecommunications management platform

Inventors: Sriram Sharma (Herndon, VA); William Carter (Potomac Falls, VA); Michael Kimmel (Ashburn, VA)
Assignee: Somos, Inc.
H04M15/83H04M3/493H04M3/5232H04M15/59H04M2201/40H04M2203/251H04M2203/258
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Patent No.
US 10,306,075
App. No.
15/720,909
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for the management, routing and reporting of toll-free telecommunications calls and data. Methods and systems are provided for pre-populating a call routing template based on natural language inputs and populating telecommunications routing codes at nodes of a call routing decision tree to generate a call routing template that may be identified and presented to a user interface based at least in part on a natural language input.

Claims (29)

1. A method of populating telecommunications call routing based on a shared attribute with a stored call routing template comprising:

storing a customer record template associated with a first toll-free number as a default customer record template, wherein the default customer record template includes a first call routing template containing a call routing decision tree logic and at least one stored attribute associated with the first toll-free number;

receiving a request for customer record template data, wherein the request includes the stored attribute;

selecting the default customer record template based at least in part on the stored attribute associated with the first toll-free number; and

populating at least a portion of a second call routing template for a second toll-free number based at least in part on call routing data within the first call routing template included in a default customer record.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shared attribute is a customer administrative datum.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the customer administrative datum is an end customer name.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the customer administrative datum is an end customer address.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the customer administrative datum is an area of service.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the customer administrative datum is a destination telephone number.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the customer administrative datum is a carrier identification code.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shared attribute is a call processing record datum.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the call processing record datum is an originating numbering plan area.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the call processing record datum is an originating central office exchange.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the call processing record datum is an originating Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) number.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the call processing record datum is a destination telephone number.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the call processing record datum is a carrier name.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming toll-free call to a termination number.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming toll-free call based at least in part on a time of day an incoming call is received.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming toll-free call based at least in part on a geographic location of a device from which the incoming toll-free call is received.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming toll-free call within a telecommunications system.

18. A user device for presenting data to a user in real time regarding changes in metadata associated with a customer record template, the user device configured to:

receive an indication of a change in status of a default customer record template that is associated with a first toll-free telecommunications number, wherein the first toll-free telecommunications number is associated with a responsible organization that processes toll-free telecommunications;

update a metadatum associated with the default customer record template based at least in part on the change in status;

store the updated metadatum and default customer record template, wherein the stored default customer record template includes a change to a first call routing template associated with the first telecommunications number;

identify a second call routing template associated with a second toll-free telecommunications number, wherein the identification is based at least in part on the updated metadatum; and

update the second call routing template based at least in part on the change to the call routing template associated with the first toll-free telecommunications number.

19. The user device of claim 18 , wherein the presentation includes presenting a status for a plurality of telecommunication numbers associated with the responsible organization, wherein the status presented is based on a real time status change occurring over a toll-free telecommunications network.

20. The user device of claim 19 , wherein the real time status change occurring over a toll-free telecommunications network is a datum summarizing telecommunications network congestion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2018
From: SHARMA, SRIRAM; CARTER, WILLIAM; KIMMEL, MICHAEL
To: SOMOS, INC.
Reel/Frame 045838/0712 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15373387 · Dec 8, 2016
Continuation 14928575 · Oct 30, 2015
Provisional Application 62073976 · Nov 1, 2014
Related Publication 20180249016A1 · Aug 30, 2018
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