Painless, Free, OpenPhone Data

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Troy Davis@troyd

@cloudvox@ifbyphone

PHONES+

AUGMENTED REALITY

=

AUGMENTED PHONE NUMBERS

425-210-1234

http://digits.cloudvox.com/4252101234.json

http://digits.cloudvox.com/2124561111.json (White House)

http://digits.cloudvox.com/6506929100.json (eComm Hotel)

<phone number you care about>

<phone number you care about>

http://digits.cloudvox.com/

<phone number you care about> <.json>

http://digits.cloudvox.com/

What I Wanted

FREE+

OPEN+

PAINLESS

Be lazy in what you send,and liberal in what we accept.

• 10, 7, 6, 3 digits

• Already parsed, or best guess

• Same reply format for all queries

• REST, DNS, browser

Let's Try It

What can I do?

• Get realtime number info from existing tools

• Augment phone number displays

• Analyze a group of numbers

• Customize call logic

Get realtime number info from existing tools

• Browser bookmarklet

• XMPP/Google Talk• Campfire• Command line

     ...• <Program or protocol you live in>

Augment phone number displays

• Google Spreadsheets

• Address books• CRM• Mobile apps

     ...• <App that displays phone numbers>

Analyze a group of numbers

• What US states call my phone app?

• Call detail records• Transaction history (where are SMSes going?)

     ...• <Collection of hundreds or thousands of numbers>

Customize call logic

• "We've got specials on flights to Seattle" - Adhearsion app to play music-on-hold promo by location

• Route calls to nearest retail location without asking caller

• Infer mobility by carrier name

DNS API

host -t TXT 2065460420.na.digits.cloudvox.com

DNS API

host -t TXT 2065460420.na.digits.cloudvox.com

What This Needs

• More countries

• Formatting

• Derivative info

• Users, feedback

@cloudvox@ifbyphone

digits.cloudvox.com

Docs & code samplesbit.ly/cvdigits

Phone API & Asterisk appscloudvox.com

Troy Davis@troyd

troy@ifbyphone.com