Patent ID: 8265258
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a computer-based portal; submitting via the computer-based portal, by a customer that owns a telephone number (TN), a local number portability (LNP) order for the TN directly to a first telecommunications carrier that the TN is to be transferred from, wherein the customer utilizes a business to business application programming interface (B2B API) to submit the LNP order directly to the first telecommunications carrier; triggering, by the customer that owns the TN, a port of the TN in accordance with the LNP order; and porting, by a second telecommunications carrier that will service the TN after the LNP of the TN, the TN from the first telecommunications carrier to the second telecommunications carrier, wherein the second telecommunications carrier is bypassed by the customer during the submitting and the triggering of the LNP order, and wherein the second telecommunications carrier handles activities of updating at least one of customer name database (CNAM) and number portability administration center (NPAC), and wherein the second telecommunications carrier handles any errors associated with the updating at least one of CNAM and NPAC activities.