METHOD AND APPARATUS TO VALIDATE A SUBSCRIBER LINE
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Abstract
A method is described of providing validation data associated with a subscriber line of a telecommunication network using a validation system. The method includes obtaining line data of the subscriber line wherein the line data is suitable for interrogating a line identification database (LIDB). The method interrogates the LIDB with the line data to obtain reference subscriber data associated with the line data, and processes the reference subscriber data to obtain validation data associated with the subscriber line. The method includes identifying a local exchange carrier (LEC) associated with the subscriber line to determine if a billing arrangement exists between the validation system and the LEC. The invention extends to a subscriber line validation system to validate a subscriber line of a communication network.
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50 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
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receiving a first request via the Internet for a first transaction for goods or services between a user and a vendor; obtaining a billing telephone number of the user; automatically, utilizing an application programming interface, charging the first transaction to a subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number; receiving a second request via the Internet for a second transaction for goods or services between the user and a vendor; automatically, using one or more processors, detecting that charging to the account associated with the billing telephone number has not occurred; automatically, in response to an event indicative of an option to charge the second transaction to the user, using an alternative payment method, the event being subsequent to the charging of the first transaction to the subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number; and completing the second transaction using the alternative payment method and not billing the subscriber account. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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means for receiving a first request via the Internet for a first transaction for goods or services between a user and a vendor; means for obtaining a billing telephone number of the user; means for automatically, utilizing an application programming interface, charging the first transaction to a subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number; means for receiving a second request via the Internet for a second transaction for goods or services between the user and a vendor; means for automatically, using one or more processors, detecting that charging to the subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number has not occurred; means for automatically, in response an event indicative of an option to charge the second transaction to the user, using an alternative payment method, the event being subsequent to the charging of the first transaction to the subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number; and means for completing the second transaction using the alternative payment method and not billing the subscriber account.
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26. A computer-implemented system comprising:
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a receiving module configured to receive a first request via the Internet for a first transaction for goods or services between a user and a vendor and a second request via the Internet for a second transaction for goods or services between the user and a vendor; a billing telephone number module to obtain a billing telephone number of the user; a first charging module to charge, automatically, utilizing an application programming interface, the first transaction to a subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number; a first detector to detect, automatically, using one or more processors, that charging to the subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number has been not occurred; a second detector to detect, automatically, an event indicative of an option to charge the second transaction to the user using an alternative payment method, the event being subsequent to the charging of the first transaction to the account associated with the billing telephone number; and a second charging module to complete the second transaction using the alternative payment method and not debiting the subscriber account. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A machine-readable non-transitory medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:
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receive a first request via the Internet for a first transaction for goods or services between a user and a vendor; obtain a billing telephone number of the user; automatically, utilizing an application programming interface, charge the first transaction to a subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number; receive a second request via the Internet for a second transaction for goods or services between the user and a vendor; automatically, using one or more processors, detecting that charging to the account associated with the billing telephone number has not occurred; automatically in response an event indicative of an option to charge the second transaction to the user using an alternative payment method, the event being subsequent to the charging of the first transaction to the subscriber account associated with the billing telephone number; and complete the second transaction using the alternative payment method and not billing the subscriber account.
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Specification