US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Aug. 11 for "Telephone number verification for use with caller identification service" (Washington, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,008, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Telephone number verification for use with caller identification service" was invented by Teddy Gyabaah (Redmond, Wash.), Russell Andrew Penar (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Mykhailo Uliutin (Redmond, Wash.) and Michele Kinsey (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to techniques for verifying "alien" telephone numbers for use as caller ID numbers. The system provides a configuration portal for administrative users to establish caller ID settings, including the option to replace a default telephone number assi...