Patent ID: 6975711

Claim:
A method for forecasting telephony traffic trends on a network of a given service provider, the method comprising: storing local number portability (LNP) record portions in a LNP database, each LNP record portion containing information regarding a corresponding telephone number having been ported between service providers; obtaining a first image of the LNP database at a first time, the first image being indicative of the LNP record portions stored in the LNP database at the first time; obtaining a second image of the LNP database at a second time subsequent to the first time, the second image being indicative of the LNP record portions stored in the LNP database at the second time; comparing the images of the LNP database to determine migration of the ported telephone numbers between the service providers over a time period between the first and second times; and forecasting movement of telephone traffic on the network of the given service provider after the second time as a function of the determined migration of the ported telephone numbers between the service providers.