Double number service

摘要

Embodiments disclosed herein describe a double number service configured to allow a mobile or landline subscriber to receive an additional telephone number that is configured to make and receive communications such as telephone calls and text messages. Telecommunications systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to utilize a virtual phone number or double numbers, which a user may subscribe to, to publish and/or communicate to other users. The user may also subscribe to multiple virtual numbers, and use the virtual numbers on a single device. Accordingly, an end user may receive communications to an assigned number from a telecommunications service provider and the virtual or double number on the same telecommunications device.

主权项

1. A double number system comprising:
a database configured to include a mapping of subscribers, each entry within the mapping including a primary number and a double number assigned by the double number system to a double number subscriber, both numbers for use on a single communications device of the double number subscriber; a receiver configured to receive data associated with a communication between the double number subscriber and a receiving party, the data including the primary number associated with the double number subscriber and a receiving party number associated with the receiving party; a processor configured to determine when the communication is associated with the double number subscriber and to modify the data to include the double number for the double number subscriber; and a transmitter configured to transmit data associated with the communication including the double number for the double number subscriber and the receiving party number, such that the receiving party cannot ascertain the primary number of the double number subscriber.