Telephone Number Binding in a Voice-Over-Internet System

A method for provisioning a customer device for voice-over-Internet service, the method comprising:

• simultaneously controlling a data session and a telephone call between a voice-over-Internet platform and a customer device connected to a customer's telephone;
• and
• linking a telephone number received via the telephone call to the customer device, if a transmitted session identifier received via the telephone call matches a session identifier associated with the data session.

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A voice-over-Internet platform for binding a telephone number to a customer voice-over-Internet device identifier, the voice-over-Internet platform comprising:

• a first interface for communicating over a data network;
• a telephone number binding system coupled to the first interface and configured to receive a customer voice-Internet device identifier, communicate a request via the data network to a customer device associated with the customer voice-over-Internet device identifier;
• a second interface coupled to the telephone number binding system for communicating over the public-switched telephone network, the second interface configured to receive a call from the customer device associated with the customer voice-over-Internet device identifier, wherein the telephone number binding system upon receipt of the call, transmits a session identifier over the data network along with a request for the customer voice-over-Internet device to communicate the session identifier via the call, and upon receipt of a session identifier in the call that matches the session identifier transmitted via the data network, the telephone number binding system stores a record that includes a telephone number and the device identifier.