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US 10,477,033 B2Granted
Management of toll-free number misuse and fraud detection
AssigneeSomos, Inc.
InventorSanjeev Chauhan
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing a rating system that allow for customers to create a database of toll-free numbers that are abused by malicious consumers which may be cloud-based and allow for service providers to dip prior to completing or accepting calls.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- providing a user interface for presentation on a remote client device;
- receiving data related to utilization of a toll-free number from at least one party affiliated with a toll-free telecommunication network;
- collecting the data related to the utilization of the toll-free number in a data store;
- modeling the collected data relating to toll-free number utilization to derive a toll-free call activity trend;
- and
- receiving a request from the remote client device to present expected usage of the toll-free number from the derived toll-free call activity trend through the user interface.
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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:
- providing a user interface for presentation on a remote client device;
- receiving data related to utilization of a toll-free number from at least one party affiliated with a toll-free telecommunication network;
- collecting the data related to the utilization of the toll-free number in a database;
- modeling the collected data relating to toll-free number utilization to derive a toll-free call activity trend;
- and
- receiving a request from the remote client device to present expected usage of the toll-free number from the derived toll-free call activity trend through the user interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.