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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2025
Applicant:
Bandwidth Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
David Ress, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Bandwidth Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for providing actual telephone number activation status are provided. The methods include collecting information associated with telephone numbers (TNs), the information including carrier information, deactivation information and disconnection information associated with each of the TNs; analyzing the carrier information, deactivation information and disconnection information for each TN over a predetermined period of time; and determining an actual status for each TN based on the analyzed carrier information, deactivation information and disconnection information. Related systems are provided.