Patent ID: 7054430

Claim:
A method of providing validation data to a vendor using a validation system, the validation data being associated with a subscriber line of a telecommunication network, the method including: obtaining line data of the subscriber line, the line data being suitable for interrogating a line identification database (LIDB); interrogating the LIDB with the line data to obtain reference subscriber data associated with the line data; processing the reference subscriber data to identify credit worthiness associated with the subscriber line; identifying a local exchange carrier (LEC) associated with the subscriber line to determine if a billing arrangement exists between the validation system and the LEC; conducting fraud control checks on the account associated with the subscriber line, the fraud control checks including checking if adjustments have been made to the account associated with the line data, verifying a user entered ZIP code with ZIP data from a ZIP data source, verifying user entered address data with address data from an address data source, and checking if the line data and a BTN match; and providing validation data associated with the subscriber line to the vendor based on the credit worthiness and the identified LEC.