Telephone number relocation guidance system
OwnerNoboru Miurainventor
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Abstract
A telephone number relocation guidance system that consists of a server (3) on the Internet (1) and terminal (2). The terminal (2) comes with input method that allows users to enter their information such as telephone number and etc, and display method to display the telephone number and other information, from the server (3). The server (3) has a database stored with numerous records of old telephone numbers and its corresponding new telephone number, and owner of the telephone and the processing unit sending the searched information of the old telephone number and its corresponding new telephone number entry from the terminal (2) and coming from the database.
Claims19
A telephone number relocation guidance system comprising
- a) a server connected to a global computer network, the server comprising:
- i) a central processing unit having memory;
- ii) a data storage device coupled to the central processing unit, such that the central processing unit reads data from and writes data to the data storage device under control of a program in memory;
- iii) a network connection coupled to the central processing unit and the global computer network, such that the central processing unit reads data from and writes data to a terminal over the global communications network under control of a program in memory;
- b) a database residing on the data storage device, comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising at least an old telephone number and a corresponding new telephone number and a name of an owner of the old and new telephone numbers;
- the database being capable of storing a plurality of records for an old telephone number, such that a single old telephone number may have a plurality of corresponding records for new telephone numbers and names of owners;
- the program in the memory of the central processing unit being programmed such that, in response to data received from a terminal over the global computer network, the server searches the database for an old telephone number and writes the data from the records for the old telephone number to the terminal over the global computer network, the data comprising at least one corresponding new telephone number and owner name from the database.
A method of providing information from a server to a terminal over a global computer network, the information concerning changes from old telephone numbers to new telephone numbers, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a database comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising at least an old telephone number and a corresponding new telephone number and a name of an owner of the old and new telephone numbers, the database being capable of storing a plurality of records for an old telephone number, such that a single old telephone number may have a plurality of corresponding records for new telephone numbers and names of owners;
- b) accepting data at the server from a terminal over the global computer network, the data comprising at least an old telephone number;
- c) searching the database for the old telephone number;
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- d) writing the data from the records for the old telephone number from the database to the terminal over the global computer network, the data comprising at least one corresponding new telephone number and owner name.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.