METHOD FOR MANAGING PREPAID WIRELESS ACCOUNTS
First Claim
1. A method for validating a customer'"'"'s wireless number of customer'"'"'s wireless carrier comprising:
- (i) engaging an external server to send validation request;
(ii) navigating and logging on to customer'"'"'s wireless carrier'"'"'s website;
(iii) extracting validation response from wireless carrier'"'"'s website; and
(iv) returning validation response to external server.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method, system and software application for wireless phone number validation. The method comprises generally (1) engaging an external server to send API request to validation server with phone number and carrier information; (2) determining validation script method based on specific carrier; (3) initializing a first automated script sequence based on said specific carrier; (4) a means to navigate and log on to said specific carrier website; (5) running said first automated script sequence through said website to validate said phone number; (6) extracting validation response from said website; and (7) returning said validation response to said external server. The system comprises generally an external server to send and receive a validation request and response and a software application for validating a wireless number program on customer'"'"'s wireless carrier to extract a validation response from wireless carrier'"'"'s website.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for validating a customer'"'"'s wireless number of customer'"'"'s wireless carrier comprising:
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(i) engaging an external server to send validation request; (ii) navigating and logging on to customer'"'"'s wireless carrier'"'"'s website; (iii) extracting validation response from wireless carrier'"'"'s website; and (iv) returning validation response to external server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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10. A system for validating a wireless number for customer'"'"'s wireless carrier comprising;
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(i) an external server to send and receive a validation request and response; and (ii) a software application for validating a wireless number program on customer'"'"'s wireless carrier to extract a validation response from wireless carrier'"'"'s website. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. A software application for validating a wireless number program on a customer'"'"'s wireless carrier to extract a validation response from wireless carrier'"'"'s website comprising a plurality of predetermined validation scripts that correlate with a plurality of wireless carriers.
- 19. The software application of claim 19 further comprising a means to create a web session to run said second validation script through wireless carrier'"'"'s website to extract the validation response.
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