Optimized call handling for recycled telephone numbers

A computer program product for processing a telephone call, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instruction stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to intercept a telephone call originating from a first telephone number and being placed to a second telephone number, the second telephone number being previously associated with a telephone service account of a first customer and currently associated with a telephone service account of a second customer;
• program instructions to determine that the first customer is more likely the intended recipient of the telephone call than the second customer, said program instructions to determine that the first customer is more likely the intended recipient of the telephone call than the second customer comprising program instructions to determine that the first telephone number is included at a point in time in a call history of the second telephone number when the second phone number was associated with the telephone service account of the first customer;
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• program instructions to perform an action relating to the telephone call in response to a determination that the first customer is more likely the intended recipient of the telephone call than the second customer.

A computer system for processing a telephone call, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instructions which are stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to intercept a telephone call originating from a first telephone number and being placed to a second telephone number, the second telephone number being previously associated with a telephone service account of a first customer and currently associated with a telephone service account of a second customer;
• program instructions to determine that the first customer is more likely the intended recipient of the telephone call than the second customer, said program instructions to determine that the first customer is more likely the intended recipient of the telephone call than the second customer comprising program instructions to determine that the first telephone number is included at a point in time in a call history of the second telephone number when the second phone number was associated with the telephone service account of the first customer;
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• program instructions to perform an action relating to the telephone call in response to a determination that the first customer is more likely the intended recipient of the telephone call than the second customer.