Location-Based Number Management

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• detecting an event indicating that a client device is to determine whether a current telephone number for the client device is valid for a location of the client device;
• ascertaining whether the current telephone number for the client device is valid for the location of the client device, said ascertaining including communicating a query that includes the location of the client device to a remote service, and receiving a query response that indicates whether the current telephone number is valid at the location;
• and
• performing an action pertaining to making a call via the client device based on whether the query response indicates that the current telephone number for the client device is valid at the location.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a query including a location of a client device;
• identifying, by a computing system, a policy that indicates whether a portion of a telephone number is valid at the location;
• and
• transmitting, from the computing system for receipt by the client device, a query response indicating whether the portion of the telephone number is valid at the location to enable the client device to perform an action pertaining to making a call at the location.