System, method and computer program product for contact information backup and recovery

A system for contact information backup and recovery comprising:

• a contact information backup and recovery system, operatively coupled to a communications network, comprising:
• a backup manager for receiving a remotely stored contact information;
• a recovery manager for recovering the remotely stored contact information;
• a subscriber manager for managing subscriber information;
• an interactive user module;
• a database server;
• and
• a contacts data store, comprising a contacts database, operatively coupled to the contact information backup and recovery system, for storing contact information sourced to an unavailable first telephony device and remote from the unavailable first telephony device received by the backup manager, and for accessing, by a second telephony device via the recovery manager, the contact information,
• wherein the recovery manager receives a telephonic call to access contact information from the second telephony device remote from the unavailable first telephony device to which the contact information is sourced,
• wherein the second telephony device initiates a telephony call to a third telephony device in response to a selection of contact information sourced to the unavailable first telephony device,
• wherein the database server receives the input data from the interactive user module for retrieval of a contact record associated with input data indicative of the contact information,
• wherein the interactive user module prompts selection via the second telephony device of a contact type according to the retrieved contact record, and
• wherein the telephonic call to the third telephony device is identified by the contact record entry and transmits an indicator to the third telephony device that the call originated from the unavailable first telephony device.