Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide routing data associated with a destination phone number to a service provider. The service provider sends a first query to a first computing node of a data provider for routing data associated with a phone number. The first computing node provides the routing data if it is available from the data provider. Otherwise, the first computing node identifies a second data provider that is capable of providing the routing data. The first computing node then obtains the routing data from the second data provider and returns it to the service provider.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide routing data associated with a destination phone number to a service provider. The service provider sends a first query to a first computing node of a data provider for routing data associated with a phone number. The first computing node provides the routing data if it is available from the data provider. Otherwise, the first computing node identifies a second data provider that is capable of providing the routing data. The first computing node then obtains the routing data from the second data provider and returns it to the service provider.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for display confirmation of verified calling party attributes at the time of call establishment. A call initiation request corresponding to a calling party is received and includes a set of verified calling party attributes. A subset of the verified calling party attributes is provided for display on a communication device associated with a call recipient identified by the call initiation request and in response, a display acknowledgement is obtained, comprising a listing of verified calling party attributes recorded as being displayed during establishment of a communication session between the calling party and the call recipient. The display acknowledgement is validated and a display confirmation is generated to indicate particular verified calling party attributes that were successfully displayed during establishment of the communication session.

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to system and methods for a data provider to provide routing data associated with a destination phone number to a service provider. The service provider send a first query to a first computing node of the data provider for routing data associated with a phone number. The first computing node identifies a data provider that is capable of providing the routing data and determines that the routing data is not available locally. The first computing node sends a second query to a second computing node. The second computing node obtains the routing data and returns to the service provider.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for display confirmation of verified calling party attributes at the time of call establishment. A call initiation request corresponding to a calling party is received and includes a set of verified calling party attributes. A subset of the verified calling party attributes is provided for display on a communication device associated with a call recipient identified by the call initiation request and in response, a display acknowledgement is obtained, comprising a listing of verified calling party attributes recorded as being displayed during establishment of a communication session between the calling party and the call recipient.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for processing anonymous micro-transactions of any type, such as purchases, donations, subscriptions, rewards, and so forth. An example system configured for subscriptions can register a user by assigning the user an anonymous user identifier, and prefund a payment account associated with the anonymous user identifier from a third party payment service, based on authorization from the user. This process can be part of a separate registration phase prior to attempting any transactions. Then, the system can complete a subscription transaction as a micro-transaction via the payment account on behalf of the user in response to a user request made via a micro-transaction button on a website, for example. The system can maintain a subscription transaction history for the payment account, and confirm, upon request from a merchant, validity of the subscription transaction based on the transaction history.

Abstract: A wireless phone user registered for push-to-talk (PTT) services desires a push-to-talk session with a party on a network computer accessible via a public data network (like the Internet) that is not registered with any PTT service. The registered user enters a unique identifier, as a destination address for such computer, and a PTT server uses the unique identifier to query a Directory Service available on the public data network to obtain a PTT address for the destination computer. The PTT server then forwards or proxies the PTT request to the destination computer. As a result, the number of push-to-talk destinations available to the wireless phone user is expanded to include any number of push-to-talk enabled computers available on the Internet that are known to the Directory Service.

Abstract: A wireless phone user registered for push-to-talk (PTT) services desires a push-to-talk session with a party on a network computer accessible via a public data network (like the Internet) that is not registered with any PTT service. The registered user enters a unique identifier, as a destination address for such computer, and a PTT server uses the unique identifier to query a Directory Service available on the public data network to obtain a PTT address for the destination computer. The PTT server then forwards or proxies the PTT request to the destination computer. As a result, the number of push-to-talk destinations available to the wireless phone user is expanded to include any number of push-to-talk enabled computers available on the Internet that are known to the Directory Service.

Abstract: A directory service, containing unique identifiers (e.g., telephone numbers) and related Internet address(es), accessible through the Internet. An Internet-enabled communication system, such as IP-PBX or voice mail system, accepts a telephone number as a destination address. It then contacts the directory service and requests the Internet address related to that telephone number. The communication system uses the Internet address to set up a delivery path via the Internet to the destination. Thus, all time-dependent charges normally associated with message delivery by the telephone network can be avoided.

Abstract: A directory service, containing unique identifiers (e.g., telephone numbers) and related Internet address(es), accessible through the Internet. An Internet-enabled communication system, such as IP-PBX or voice mail system, accepts a telephone number as a destination address. It then contacts the directory service and requests the Internet address related to that telephone number. The communication system uses the Internet address to set up a delivery path via the Internet to the destination. Thus, all time-dependent charges normally associated with message delivery by the telephone network can be avoided.