Patent ID: 7885397
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a hardware system for on-demand phone number updating, the method comprising the steps of: identifying, by the hardware system, a smooth number transition (SNT) subscriber based upon a telephone number provided to establish a telephone call between said SNT subscriber and another party; determining whether said another party already has received an updated telephone number for said SNT subscriber after the SNT subscriber has answered the telephone call; and responsive to determining that said another party has not already received the updated telephone number for said SNT subscriber, updating a directory entry for said SNT subscriber in a directory for said another party, wherein said determining is based upon information obtained by a consultation comprises of a server-side table or a client-side table to determine whether said another party already has received the updated telephone number for said SNT subscriber.