Methods, systems and storage mediums for providing a self-provisioning telephony service

A system, comprising:

• a local exchange carrier switch receiving a call from a customer of a telecommunications provider, the call identified by the local exchange carrier switch as an access number in response to performing a call number translation, wherein the call from the customer is received in response to an invitation distributed to the customer to provision a toll-free telephone number, the invitation including the toll-free telephone number and the access number, and wherein the toll-free telephone number is pre-assigned to a customer account of the customer;
• and
• a server in communication with a service control server that services the local exchange carrier switch, the server performing a method, comprising:
• accessing the toll-free telephone number identified for the customer account;
• generating a provisioning order comprising a customer telephone number from the customer account and the toll-free telephone number;
• and
• transmitting the provisioning order to the service control server;
• wherein the service control server activates the toll-free telephone number for the customer account.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium encoded with machine readable program code, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

• assigning a toll-free telephone number to a customer account for a customer of a telecommunications provider;
• distributing the toll-free telephone number and an access number to the customer along with an invitation to provision a toll-free telephone number service;
• receiving, at a local exchange carrier switch, a call from the customer, the access number identified by the local exchange carrier switch for the call in response to performing a call number translation;
• accessing, by a server, the toll-free telephone number identified for the customer account and generating a provisioning order that includes a customer telephone number from the customer account and the toll-free telephone number;
• and
• transmitting the provisioning order to a service control server, the service control server activating the toll-free telephone number for the customer account.