Systems and methods for phone number fraud prediction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12314968-B2
Application number	US-202218083790-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2022
Priority date	Nov 1, 2014
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

A method including: receiving one or more datasets indicating call activity corresponding to a phone number; analyzing the one or more datasets to identify unusual call activity; and generating a fraud prediction, based at least in part on the identified unusual call activity, that the phone number will be used for fraud.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving one or more datasets indicating call activity corresponding to a phone number;
analyzing the one or more datasets to identify unusual call activity;
generating a fraud prediction, based at least in part on the identified unusual call activity, that the phone number will be used for fraud; and
based on the fraud prediction, assigning a call route to the phone number in accordance with a call routing decision tree.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unusual call activity is based at least in part on a frequency of calls corresponding to the phone number.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unusual call activity is based at least in part on a total number of calls corresponding to the phone number made on or before a timestamp.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the one or more datasets to identify unusual call activity is based at least in part on a machine learning model.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the machine learning model comprises:
a predictive analytics engine that is associated with a telecommunications services management platform.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the one or more datasets are based at least in part on one or more services managed at least in part by the telecommunications services management platform for the phone number.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:
generating a map that depicts one or more locations associated with the fraud prediction.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
displaying the map via the telecommunications services management platform.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dataset is generated by a Responsible Organization (RespOrg).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more datasets are received via a telecommunications services management platform.

11. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory device storing an application that adapts the at least one processor to:
receive one or more datasets indicating call activity corresponding to a phone number;
analyze the one or more datasets to identify unusual call activity;
generate a fraud prediction, based at least in part on the identified unusual call activity, that the phone number will be used for fraud; and
based on the fraud prediction, assigning a call route to the phone number in accordance with a call routing decision tree.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the unusual call activity is based at least in part on a frequency of calls corresponding to the phone number.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the unusual call activity is based at least in part on a total number of calls corresponding to the phone number made on or before a timestamp.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein analyzing the one or more datasets to identify unusual call activity is based at least in part on a machine learning model.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the machine learning model comprises:
a predictive analytics engine that is associated with a telecommunications services management platform.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more datasets are based at least in part on one or more services managed at least in part by the telecommunications services management platform for the phone number.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the application further adapts the at least one processor to:
generate a map that depicts one or more locations associated with the fraud prediction.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the application further adapts the at least one processor to:
display the map via the telecommunications services management platform.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that adapt at least one processor to:
receive one or more datasets indicating call activity corresponding to a phone number;
analyze the one or more datasets to identify unusual call activity;
generate a fraud prediction, based at least in part on the identified unusual call activity, that the phone number will be used for fraud; and
based on the fraud prediction, assigning a call route to the phone number in accordance with a call routing decision tree.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the unusual call activity is based at least in part on a frequency of calls corresponding to the phone number.

Assignees

• Somos Inc

Inventors

• Sharma Sriram
• Chauhan Sanjeev
• Carter William
• Bhat Manisha
• Carter Pamela J
• Karnas Ryan
• Kimmel Michael
• Wong Suk Yee

Classifications

• H04L45/22

  Alternate routing · CPC title

• G06F16/24573

  using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata · CPC title

• H04Q3/0091

  Congestion or overload control · CPC title

• H04W4/14

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• H04Q3/0087

  Network testing or monitoring arrangements · CPC title