Toll-tree numbers metadata tagging, analysis and reporting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9800742-B2
Application number	US-201514984436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Nov 1, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A toll-free tagging service is provided that includes a subscription-based service that is made available to responsible organizations, consumers and businesses. The toll-free tagging service may provide the ability to tag a toll-free number (or group of numbers), and once a number is tagged, to track updates to that number that may then be distributed to customers through emails/text messages or other means. Subscribers of the toll-free tagging service may also have the ability to create, view, update and delete tags through a web application, mobile application, or some other user interface.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method comprising:
receiving data relating to usage of a toll-free telecommunications number, including routing data that comprises criteria upon which the toll-free telecommunications number may routed;
analyzing the received data to create a metadata tag that is associated with the toll-free telecommunications number, wherein the metadata tag is a quantitative summary associated with the toll-free telecommunications number; and
distributing a communication to an entity regarding the toll-free telecommunications number in response to the quantitative summary.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising tagging a specific toll-free telecommunications number to facilitate tracking of updates to the specific toll-free telecommunications number.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the tagging step facilitates the tracking of updates to the specific toll-free telecommunications number and includes monitoring at least one of a change in ownership, a change in availability, and an increase in search statistics.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying the metadata tag through at least one of a web application, a mobile application, or some other user interface.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata tag includes data relating to popularity as derived at least in part from a user's search history associated with the toll-free number.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata tag includes location information associated with the toll-free number.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata tag includes financial information associated with the toll-free number.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving data relating to at least one of a dip rate or dip volume that is associated with the toll-free telecommunications number.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein distributing the communication to an entity is performed via at least one of a text message and an email.

10. A method comprising:
receiving data relating to usage of a toll-free telecommunications number, including routing data that comprises criteria upon which the toll-free telecommunications number may be routed;
receiving data associated with the toll-free telecommunications number;
creating a custom metadata tag based on keywords;
analyzing the received data to create a metadata tag that is associated with the toll-free telecommunications number, wherein the metadata tag is a quantitative summary associated with the toll-free telecommunications number; and
distributing a communication to an entity regarding the toll-free telecommunications number in response to the quantitative summary.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein creating the metadata tag includes utilizing one or more keywords.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein creating the metadata tag includes utilizing category based tagging.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein creating the metadata tag includes location based tagging.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein creating the metadata tag is related to popularity.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein creating the metadata tag is related to social media mentions.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein creating the metadata tag is related to suggestive tags.

17. A method comprising:
receiving data relating to at least one of a dip rate or dip volume that is associated with a toll-free telecommunications number;
ingesting data from a plurality of sources relating to usage of the toll-free telecommunications number;
analyzing the received and ingested data to create a valuation metadata tag that is associated with the toll-free telecommunications number, wherein the valuation metadata is a quantitative summary of the demand associated with the toll-free telecommunications number; and
initiating a toll-free number reservation based on the current valuation of the toll-free telecommunications number.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein initiating the toll-free number reservation is segregated into tiers.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the metadata tag provides for alerting based on a specified latency.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein initiating the toll-free number reservation provides for low latency alerting.

Assignees

• Somos Inc

Inventors

• Sharma Sriram

Classifications

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