A process for telephonically registering a user over one or more communication networks through determining characteristics of a telephone number, comprising the steps of: receiving a telephone number; electronically determining the type of phone, the phone carrier and geographic characteristics associated with the telephone number; connecting to a telephone associated with the telephone number through at least one of the communication networks; communicating a verification message with the telephone over at least one of the communication networks; and registering the user through at least one of the communication networks based on the type of phone, the phone carrier, the geographic characteristics associated with the telephone number and the verification message. view more

The process of claim 1, including the step of creating or providing access to an electronic database containing a plurality of telephone numbers, and characteristics of each of the telephone numbers.

The process of claim 2, including the step of querying the database to determine if the telephone number is within the database.

The process of claim 1, wherein determining the phone type characteristic comprises determining whether the telephone number is associated with a landline telephone, cellular telephone, or a voice over internet protocol telephone.

The process of claim 1, wherein determining the geographic characteristics includes the step of determining at least one of the time zone, country, state, county, city, zip code and metro area of the phone number.

The process of claim 1, wherein the receiving step comprises using caller identification upon receiving a telephone call or obtaining the telephone number from a form.

The process of claim 1, including the step of informing a third party of the determined telephone number characteristics.

The process of claim 1, including the step of denying or granting access to a web-site or system upon determining the characteristics of the telephone number.

The process of claim 1, including the steps of providing an online registration form to a registrant and receiving an at least partially completed online registration form, including the registrant's telephone number.

A verification and notification process, comprising: receiving information responsive to at least part of a registration form that is presented to the registrant on a web-site, the received information including at least one registrant electronic contact; verifying a received registrant electronic contact, wherein verifying the received registrant electronic contact includes: establishing a first telephonic connection with the registrant using the received registrant electronic contact; communicating a first communicated verification code to the registrant through the first telephonic connection; and receiving a first submitted verification code after it is entered by the registrant via the web-site and verifying the received registrant electronic contact if the first submitted verification code is the same as the first communicated verification code; establishing a notification event associated with the registrant; identifying an occurrence of the established notification event; and after identifying the occurrence of the established notification event, re-verifying the registrant electronic contact, wherein re-verifying includes: establishing a second telephonic connection with the registrant using the verified registrant electronic contact; communicating a second communicated verification code to the registrant through the second telephonic connection; receiving a second submitted verification code that is entered by the registrant via the web-site; and re-verifying the registrant electronic contact if the second submitted verification code is the same as the second communicated verification code. view more