IP Library Granted Patent US 10,778,852
Granted Patent B2
US 10,778,852 · App. 16/523,268 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Toll-free telecommunications and data management platform

Inventors: Sriram Sharma (Herndon, VA); William Carter (Potomac Falls, VA); Manisha Bhat (Sterling, VA); Pamela J. Carter (Manchester, NH); Sanjeev Chauhan (Ashburn, VA); Ryan Karnas (Leesburg, VA); Michael Kimmel (Ashburn, VA); Suk Yee Wong (Belle Mead, NJ); Alan Stiffler (Sterling, VA); Dewang Lakhani (Ashburn, VA)
Assignee: Somos, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,778,852
App. No.
16/523,268
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Toll-Free Management Platform (TFMP) includes methods and systems for number administration, customer administration, call management services, texting services and text registry, and a smart services registry. The TFMP may allow users to receive through a web-based interface, an activate request from a user, wherein the request includes at least a customer record template reference and an indication of when to active a toll-free telecommunications number associated with the request. The request may include at least one IP address datum associated with the toll-free telecommunications number. A user interface may allow activating a toll-free number, and users may access the TFMP to create and access existing templates of toll-free call routing templates, and utilize a routing tree engine to create customized call routing trees for the toll-free numbers of interest to the user.

Claims (41)

1. A method of searching for a phone number, comprising:

receiving data relating to usage of a phone number;

analyzing the received data to create a metadata tag that is associated with the phone number;

identifying criteria of a customer-desired phone number based at least in part on the metadata tag and at least one datum derived, at least in part, from an application of predictive analytics applied to a history of prior actions of a customer;

associating at least one phone number in a number inventory with at least one search parameter;

searching the number inventory for one or more phone numbers having one or more parameters matching the metadata tag to generate one or more search results; and

performing an action determined, at least in part, upon the application of predictive analytics applied to the history of prior actions of the customer.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending an offer to the customer, wherein the offer includes a notification of available numbers having parameters matching the metadata tag.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying numbers that are to become available.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting the one or more search results at each future customer login.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting the one or more search results to the customer on a recurring basis.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting the one or more search results to the customer via email on a subscription basis.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein searching the number inventory for one or more numbers matching keywords of a selected customer profile comprises at least one of searching a current responsible organization inventory or a list of upcoming available numbers.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically reserving one or more numbers associated with the one or more search results.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the offer facilitates automatically reserving the number.

10. A system comprising:

a processor and a computer-readable storage device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receive data relating to usage of a phone number;

analyze the received data to create a metadata tag that is associated with the phone number;

identify criteria of a customer-desired phone number based at least in part on the metadata tag and at least datum derived, at least in part, from an application of predictive analytics applied to a history of prior actions of a customer;

associate at least one phone number in a number inventory with at least one search parameter;

search the number inventory for one or more phone numbers having one or more parameters matching the metadata tag to generate one or more search results; and

perform an action determined, at least in part, upon the application of predictive analytics applied to the history of prior actions of the customer.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

sending an offer to the customer, wherein the offer includes a notification of available numbers having parameters matching the metadata tag.

12. The system of claim 10 , further comprising identifying numbers that are to become available.

13. The system of claim 10 , further comprising presenting the one or more search results at each future customer login.

14. The system of claim 10 , further comprising presenting the one or more search results to the customer on a recurring basis.

15. The system of claim 10 , further comprising presenting the one or more search results to the customer via email on a subscription basis.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein searching the inventory for one or more numbers matching keywords of a selected customer profile comprises at least one of searching a current responsible organization inventory or a list of upcoming available numbers.

17. The system of claim 10 , further comprising automatically reserving one or more numbers associated with the one or more search results.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the offer facilitates automatically reserving the number.

19. A method, comprising:

analyzing data relating to usage of a phone number to create a metadata tag that is associated with the phone number;

identifying criteria of a phone number desired by a customer based at least in part on a metadata tag and at least one datum derived, at least in part, from an application of predictive analytics applied to a history of prior actions of the customer;

associating at least one phone number in a number inventory with at least one search parameter;

searching the number inventory for one or more phone numbers having one or more parameters matching the metadata tag to generate one or more search results; and

performing an action determined, at least in part, upon the application of predictive analytics applied to the history of prior actions of the customer.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

sending an offer to the customer, wherein the offer includes a notification of available numbers having parameters matching the metadata tag.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: SHARMA, SRIRAM; CARTER, WILLIAM; BHAT, MANISHA; CARTER, PAMELA J.; CHAUHAN, SANJEEV; KARNAS, RYAN; KIMMEL, MICHAEL; WONG, SUK YEE; STIFFLER, ALAN; LAKHANI, DEWANG
To: SOMOS, INC.
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Continuity (28)
Continuation 15966042 · Apr 30, 2018
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Continuation In Part 14984358 · Dec 30, 2015
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Provisional Application 62410176 · Oct 19, 2016
Provisional Application 62088406 · Dec 5, 2014
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