Ready-to-dial global phone numbers

摘要

A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for providing ready-to-dial global phone numbers is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, a telephone number parser parses a received telephone number into a collection of telephone number components. The telephone number parser validates each telephone number component of the collection of telephone number components. A telephone number manager stores the collection of telephone number components. In response to receiving a request for a telephone number, a telephone number assembler generates the telephone number from the collection of telephone number components. The telephone number is configured to be successfully dialed from a location from which the telephone number is to be dialed. Finally, the telephone number manager displays the telephone number.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, implemented in a computer system, comprising:
importing a first telephone number database from a first system into a second telephone number database stored on a second system, wherein
the first system and the second system are located in geographically disparate regions,the first telephone number database comprises a plurality of telephone numbers,the importing comprises
batch processing the plurality of telephone numbers, andgenerating a plurality of telephone number components by parsing the plurality of telephone numbers; in response to receiving a request for a telephone number of the plurality of telephone numbers at the computer system, generating, using one or more processors of the computer system, a ready-to-dial telephone number, wherein the generating comprises
determining a geographic location from which the ready-to-dial telephone number is to be dialed,determining a target location of the telephone number,retrieving a first set of telephone number components of the plurality of telephone number components from the second telephone number database, wherein
the first set of telephone number components comprise at least a part of the telephone number,retrieving a second set of telephone number components, wherein
the second set of telephone number components are not part of the plurality of telephone number components, andone or more components of the second set of telephone number components are required to generate the ready-to-dial telephone number, andassembling components of the first set of telephone number components and components of the second set of telephone number components into the ready-to-dial telephone number; and in response to the generating, presenting the ready-to-dial telephone number to a user of the second system.