| CPC H04M 3/323 (2013.01) [H04M 3/2218 (2013.01); H04M 3/36 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A method of monitoring a phone number, comprising:
automatically generating data indicating call activity involving a phone number during a time period having a preselected duration;
automatically determining that the data indicates that there were no successfully answered calls placed to the phone number during the time period;
automatically placing a test call to the phone number based on determining that there were no successfully answered calls placed to the phone number during the time period;
automatically determining whether the test call was successful;
automatically generating an indication of a problem with the phone number if the test call was not successful;
determining a baseline expectation of answered calls placed to the phone number based on the data associated with a prior time period; and
generating an indication of a potential problem with the phone number when a quantity of answered calls placed to the phone number during the time period is less than the baseline expectation.
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