SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PASSIVELY ACQUIRING EXISTING CUSTOMERS' MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE LOGS
First Claim
1. A method for an entity to passively acquire an existing customer'"'"'s mobile phone number and/and to link the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number to the customer'"'"'s account without requesting the customer to actively provide customer identifying information, comprising the steps of:
- capturing the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number when the customer uses a mobile phone to contact the entity;
checking whether the captured mobile phone number is in a customer database; and
validating that the customer using the mobile phone number that corresponds to the customer of a particular customer account and associating the captured mobile phone number with the particular customer account.
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Abstract
An entity passively acquires an existing customer'"'"'s mobile phone number and links the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number to the customer'"'"'s account without requesting the customer to actively provide customer identifying information. This is accomplished by capturing the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number when the customer uses a mobile phone to contact the entity and checking whether the captured mobile phone number is in a customer database. If the captured mobile phone number is not in the customer database, the customer using the mobile phone number may be validated by determining that the customer corresponds to a particular customer account and associating the captured mobile phone number with the particular customer account. For example, the validation of the customer may include analyzing entries in the service log to identify phone numbers, determining whether the identified phone numbers are mobile numbers or landline numbers, determining who the identified phone numbers belong to, and determining whether the identified person corresponds to an account in the customer database. If the captured mobile phone number is in the customer database, the customer using the mobile phone number may be validated against the corresponding customer account record to establish a confidence score.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for an entity to passively acquire an existing customer'"'"'s mobile phone number and/and to link the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number to the customer'"'"'s account without requesting the customer to actively provide customer identifying information, comprising the steps of:
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capturing the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number when the customer uses a mobile phone to contact the entity; checking whether the captured mobile phone number is in a customer database; and validating that the customer using the mobile phone number that corresponds to the customer of a particular customer account and associating the captured mobile phone number with the particular customer account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of evaluating service log data in connection with account information to validate the type and relationship of call in numbers to respective accounts, comprising the steps of:
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receiving service log data from an entity associated with said respective accounts, said service log storing inbound phone numbers and linking same to corresponding account numbers of said respective accounts; matching the service log data to a database of customer numbers to link accounts of respective customers to phone numbers in the service log; and if an inbound phone number in said service log is not in any entries of said database of customer numbers, searching a mobile number directory to identify the person corresponding to the inbound phone number and associating the inbound phone number to the person'"'"'s customer account with the entity. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A server programmed to enable an entity to passively acquire an existing customer'"'"'s mobile phone number and to link the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number to the customer'"'"'s account without requesting the customer to actively provide customer identifying information, said server including a processor that processes instructions for implementing the steps of:
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capturing the customer'"'"'s mobile phone number when the customer uses a mobile phone to contact the entity; checking whether the captured mobile phone number is in a customer database; and validating that the customer using the mobile phone number and/corresponds to the customer of a particular customer account and associating the captured mobile phone number and/with the particular customer account. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A server programmed to evaluate service log data in connection with account information to validate the type and relationship of call in numbers to respective accounts, said server including a processor that processes instructions for implementing the steps of:
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receiving service log data from an entity associated with said respective accounts, said service log storing inbound phone numbers and linking same to corresponding account numbers of said respective accounts; matching the service log data to a database of customer phone numbers to link accounts of respective customers to phone numbers in the service log; and if an inbound phone number in said service log is not in any entries of said database of customer phone numbers, searching a mobile number directory to identify the person corresponding to the inbound phone number and associating the inbound phone number to the person'"'"'s customer account with the entity. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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