Patent ID: 8229095
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing self-provisioning telephony services, comprising: storing an access number at a service control server that services a local exchange carrier switch for a telecommunications provider, the access number allocated for implementing the self-provisioning telephony services; assigning a unique toll-free telephone number to a customer account for each customer of the telecommunications provider; distributing the unique toll-free telephone numbers and the access number to corresponding customers along with an invitation to provision a toll-free telephone number service; receiving, at the local exchange carrier switch, a call from a customer of the telecommunications provider, the call identified by the local exchange carrier switch as the access number in response to a call number translation; routing the call over a primary rate interface trunk to a server and, absent human intervention, the server accessing the unique toll-free telephone number identified for the customer account and generating a provisioning order comprising a customer telephone number from the customer account and the unique toll-free telephone number; and transmitting the provisioning order to the service control server, the service control server activating the unique toll-free telephone number for the customer account.