System and method for flagging and decommissioning compromised telephone numbers prior to use for outbound calling

A method for flagging and decommissioning compromised telephone numbers prior to use for outbound calling, comprising the steps of:

• providing a set of caller identification identifiers;
• retrieving by a dialing system a target identifier for use in connection with an outbound call, wherein the dialing system is adapted to automatically initiate telephone calls which connect to external devices and the target identifier is defined by a discrete caller identification identifier in the set of caller identification identifiers;
• initiating a telephone call by the dialer system to each of a plurality of discrete call receiving devices, wherein dialer system additionally causes the target identifier to be transmitted to each of the plurality of discrete call receiving devices as a part of the telephone call being initiated;
• wherein a first discrete call receiving device among the plurality of discrete call receiving devices is configured to receive calls wirelessly over a first mobile phone network which employs cellular technology and a second discrete call receiving device among the plurality of discrete call receiving devices is configured to receive calls wirelessly over a second mobile phone network which employs cellular technology;
• if any of the plurality of discrete call receiving devices acting to at least one of automatically block the telephone call initiated by the dialer system due to the target identifier that was transmitted and automatically associate the telephone call initiated by the dialer system with an undesirable incoming call message due to the target identifier that was transmitted, flagging the target identifier as compromised;
• adding the flagged target identifier to a set of flagged identification identifiers;
• and
• decommissioning the flagged target identifier so as to prevent the target identifier from being retrieved again by the dialer system.

A method for flagging and decommissioning compromised telephone numbers prior to use for outbound calling, comprising the steps of:

• retrieving by a dialing system a target identifier for use in connection with an outbound call, wherein the dialing system is adapted to automatically initiate telephone calls which connect to external devices through a public switched telephone network and the target identifier is defined by a discrete caller identification identifier;
• initiating a telephone call by the dialer system to each of a plurality of discrete call receiving devices, wherein dialer system additionally causes the target identifier to be transmitted to each of the plurality of discrete call receiving devices as a part of the telephone call being initiated;
• wherein a first discrete call receiving device among the plurality of discrete call receiving devices is configured to receive calls wirelessly over a first mobile phone network which employs cellular technology and a second discrete call receiving device among the plurality of discrete call receiving devices is configured to receive calls wirelessly over a second mobile phone network which employs cellular technology;
• if any of the plurality of discrete call receiving devices acting to at least one of automatically block the telephone call initiated by the dialer system due to the target identifier that was transmitted and automatically associate the telephone call initiated by the dialer system with an undesirable incoming call message due to the target identifier that was transmitted, flagging by a server computer system the target identifier as compromised;
• and
• decommissioning by the server computer system the flagged target identifier so as to prevent the target identifier from being retrieved again by the dialer system.