Patent ID: 6643363
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
A telephone number relocation guidance system comprisinga) a server connected to a global computer network, the server comprising: i) a central processing unit having memory; ii) a data storage device coupled to the central processing unit, such that the central processing unit reads data from and writes data to the data storage device under control of a program in memory; iii) a network connection coupled to the central processing unit and the global computer network, such that the central processing unit reads data from and writes data to a terminal over the global communications network under control of a program in memory; b) a database residing on the data storage device, comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising at least an old telephone number and a corresponding new telephone number and a name of an owner of the old and new telephone numbers; the database being capable of storing a plurality of records for an old telephone number, such that a single old telephone number may have a plurality of corresponding records for new telephone numbers and names of owners; the program in the memory of the central processing unit being programmed such that, in response to data received from a terminal over the global computer network, the server searches the database for an old telephone number and writes the data from the records for the old telephone number to the terminal over the global computer network, the data comprising at least one corresponding new telephone number and owner name from the database.