Methods and Systems for Managing An Inventory Of Telephone Numbers

Abstract

A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include storing telephone number inventory data using a database associated with a network, receiving, from a user system, a request for telephone number forecast data, forecasting future telephone number usage based on at least a history of telephone number inventory data, and providing, to the user system, telephone number forecast data based on at least the forecast of future telephone number usage.

1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving a request for one or more telephone numbers from a user system;   searching for the one or more telephone numbers using predetermined search criteria; and   providing the one or more telephone numbers to the user system based on at least an application of the predetermined search criteria.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the searching for the one or more telephone numbers using a predetermined search criteria comprises the steps of:
 searching a first switch in a target wire center;   searching a second switch in the target wire center; and   searching one or more other switches in a non-target wire center.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the non-target wire center must be within the same rate center as the target wire center. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined search criteria comprises a plurality of rating codes. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined search criteria comprises a particular target switch level. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the searching for the one or more telephone numbers using a predetermined search criteria comprises searching for a number associated with one or more switches in a target wire center. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the searching for the one or more telephone numbers using a predetermined search criteria comprises searching one or more other switches outside of a target wire center but within a target rate center. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein predetermined search criteria includes at least one of locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with a pattern and are not associated with a sequence group, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with a pattern and are associated with a sequence group of two to nine, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with multiples of 1000 and multiples of 100 and are not associated with a sequence group, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with multiples of 1000 and multiples of 100 and are associated with a sequence group of two to nine, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with a pattern and are associated with a sequence group of less than 100, locate one or more telephone numbers that are associated with a sequence group of less than 100, and locate one or more telephone numbers that are available. 
     
     
         9 . A non-transitory computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         11 . A system, comprising:
 a database for storing data associated with managing an inventory of telephone numbers; and   a network element communicatively coupled to the database and a network configured to:
 receive a request for one or more telephone numbers from a user system; 
 search for the one or more telephone numbers using predetermined search criteria; and 
 provide the one or more telephone numbers to the user system based on at least an application of the predetermined search criteria. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the search for the one or more telephone numbers using predetermined search criteria comprises the steps of:
 searching a first switch in a target wire center;   searching a second switch in the target wire center; and   searching one or more other switches in a non-target wire center.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the non-target wire center must be within the same rate center as the target wire center. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the predetermined search criteria comprises a plurality of rating codes. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the predetermined search criteria comprises a particular target switch level. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the search for the one or more telephone numbers using predetermined search criteria comprises searching for a number associated with one or more switches in a target wire center. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the search for the one or more telephone numbers using predetermined search criteria comprises searching one or more other switches outside of a target wire center but within a target rate center. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein predetermined search criteria includes at least one of locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with a pattern and are not associated with a sequence group, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with a pattern and are associated with a sequence group of two to nine, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with multiples of 1000 and multiples of 100 and are not associated with a sequence group, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with multiples of 1000 and multiples of 100 and are associated with a sequence group of two to nine, locate one or more telephone numbers that are not associated with a pattern and are associated with a sequence group of less than 100, locate one or more telephone numbers that are associated with a sequence group of less than 100, and locate one or more telephone numbers that are available.