Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining customer distinctions for one or more wireless communication service providers. Determinations are drawn from a sampling of telephone numbers that have been determined to be assigned by wireless service provider(s) (to its/their customers) and are employed to determine whether the assigned number is assigned to a pre-paid “customer” or a post-paid “subscriber” of the carrier(s). A message is sent to the telephone number and the response is interpreted to determine whether that assigned number is assigned (by the carrier) to a pre-paid customer or a post-paid subscriber. Alternatively, a sampling of telephone numbers from one or more service providers are sent messages to determine pre-paid customer/post-paid subscriber ratios of these carrier(s), based upon a preset numbering scheme that differentiates between the two categories (pre-paid “customers” vs. post-paid “subscribers”).
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 30, 2008
Publication date:
September 18, 2008
Applicant:
MOBILE SCIENCE, LTD.
Inventors:
Hossein Alexander Sepehri-Nik, Vagner Caetano da Silva, Milton Mitsuharu Yoshimura