Patent ID: 7155205
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying consistency of subscriber records stored on a device in a cellular telephone network, comprising: reading the subscriber data records into a record list comprising a plurality of record elements stored in a computer memory; sorting the subscriber data records stored in the record list such that duplicate subscriber records are stored in consecutive record elements in the record list; and identifying duplicate records in the record list wherein at least one of the duplicate records exists in the record list due to at least one of the following: a subscriber being homed on more than one home location registers (HLRs), the subscriber being assigned multiple telephone numbers for a single cellular telephone serial number, and the subscriber having a single telephone number assigned to multiple cellular telephone serial numbers wherein the duplicate records correspond to at least one of the following: the subscriber being improperly billed and the subscriber receiving services inconsistent to what services were being billed to the subscriber.