Method and Apparatus to Validate a Subscriber Line

摘要

A method is described of providing validation data associated with a subscriber line of a telecommunication network. The method includes obtaining line data of the subscriber line wherein the line data is suitable for interrogating a line identification database (LIDB). The method interrogates the LIDB with the line data to obtain reference subscriber data associated with the line data, and processes the reference subscriber data to obtain validation data associated with the subscriber line. The invention extends to a subscriber line validation system to validate a subscriber line of a communication network.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
obtaining a telephone number associated with a subscriber account of a telecommunications network; obtaining first reference subscriber data associated with a subscriber, said first reference subscriber data being different from the telephone number; accessing a first database location using the telephone number to determine second reference subscriber data; comparing the first reference subscriber data and the second reference subscriber data; and verifying an identity of the subscriber if the first reference subscriber data corresponds to the second reference subscriber data.