US 12,439,244 B2
Systems and methods for volume porting
Shivakrishna Vangala, Bellevue, WA (US); and Jesus Ochoa, Stanwood, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,761.
Prior Publication US 2024/0196204 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 8/28 (2009.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/28 (2013.01) [H04W 4/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a one or more computing devices configured in a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
detecting, at a telephone number data collection component of a volume porting system, a porting event;
determining, by the telephone number data collection component, telephone numbers associated with the wireless communications accounts;
determining, by the telephone number data collection component, current billing account number data and ported billing account number data for the telephone numbers, wherein the current billing account number data includes at least service profile identifiers (SPIDs) and local routing numbers (LRNs) for the telephone numbers;
transmitting, from a port processing component of the volume porting system to a porting operations system, a request to port at least a plurality of the telephone numbers, the request comprising a payload determined based at least in part on the current billing account number data and the ported billing account number data for the plurality of telephone numbers;
transmitting, from a port status component of the volume porting system to the porting operations system, a porting status query associated with the telephone numbers;
receiving, at the port status component from the porting operations system, porting status data associated with the telephone numbers;
determining, by a port information broadcast component of the volume porting system and based at least in part on the porting status data, that the telephone numbers have been successfully ported; and
transmitting, from the port information broadcast component to a destination network operations system, an indication that the telephone numbers have been successfully ported.