Patent ID: 8130922

Claim:
A method, performed by one or more devices of a communications platform, comprising: performing, by the one or more devices and responsive to receiving an inquiry from a first party regarding a telephone number associated with a second party, a first lookup for the telephone number in a database associated with the communications platform; determining, by the one or more devices and based on a result of the first lookup, that the telephone number is not registered in the communications platform; storing the telephone number in the database; prompting, by the one or more devices, the first party to provide notification information; receiving, by the one or more devices, notification information from the first party; associating, in the database, the notification information with the stored telephone number; receiving, by the one or more devices and from the second party or a third party associated with the second party, registration information for registering the telephone number in the communications platform; performing, by the one or more devices and responsive to receiving registration information for the telephone number, a second lookup for the telephone number in the database; associating, in the database and based on the second lookup for the telephone number in the database, the registration information with the stored telephone number and retrieving at least some of the notification information; and providing, by the one or more devices and based on the notification information, information regarding the inquiry from the first party to the second party or the third party.