Developer Guides

Contact Validation and Verification Hosted Web Services

Service Objects offers a full array of Web Services that help you verify and validate online contacts. To assist in your integration, deployment and use of our DOTS Web Services we offer the following comprehensive Developers Guides. (See our Product Directory for a full list and details of available products.)

Please make your selection from the following product list to access the corresponding pdf.

DOTS Address Geocode - US

Determines latitude and longitude location of a US addresses, along with demographic info such as census tract, block and more

DOTS Address Geocode - Canada

Returns latitude and longitude coordinates based on input Canadian street addresses using a combination of the Canadian Statistics line files and Canada Post address data

DOTS Address Validation - US

Provides address verification and correction to contact lists or customer inputs on websites; includes ZIP plus four code and more

DOTS Address Validation - Canada

Validates, corrects and parses Canadian addresses. Checking them against a continuously updated database of over 2,000,000 unique, valid Canadian Post street addresses

DOTS Address Validation Plus

Determines validity of mailing address and gives its latitude/longitude location plus demographic info such as the census tract, block and more

DOTS BIN Validation - Credit Card Bank Information

Verifies bank and charge card information

DOTS Demographics

Provides ZIP code level demographic information returning data for over 60 demographic variables

DOTS Demographics Plus

Returns small-area demographic data such as age, race, gender and income --- all at the neighborhood block level

DOTS Email Validation

Verifies whether or not an email address is valid and can receive messages

DOTS FastTax - Sales Tax Rate Append

Provides sales tax rates for any address, ZIP code, city or county in the United States and Canada

DOTS GeoPhone - Reverse Phone Lookup

Returns reverse-lookup of residential, business, and government telephone numbers

DOTS GeoPhone Plus

Returns reverse-lookup of wireless, landline, VoIP, and toll free telephone numbers for residential, business, and government telephone listings

DOTS IP Address Validation

Verifies user locale: Pinpoints IP address. Returns city, state, country, latitude and longitude, plus proxy, ISP, and network info

DOTS Lead Enhancement

Corrects user input errors, flags deliberate misinformation and enriches user provided data with supplemental information that can be used to improve the quality of contact records

DOTS Lead Enhancement Plus

Corrects user input errors, flags deliberate misinformation and enriches user provided data with supplemental information that can be used to improve the quality of contact records, plus adds reverse-lookup information and alternative phone numbers when available

DOTS Lead Validation

Rates customer input info; cross validates name, address, phone number, email and IP address and verifies relationships between them

DOTS Name Validation

Validates and parses single-field input names into components, including these and more: Prefix, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix, Gender and origin of the name

DOTS Phone Append

Appends landline telephone numbers to input names and postal addresses

DOTS Phone Exchange

Verifies the first seven digits (NPA/NXX+1) of any telephone number, providing line type and service provider geographic information such as: carrier name, city, state and latitude & longitude

DOTS Telephone Verification

Prompted by phone number input, places an automated live call or SMS text message that delivers a personal identification number to online contact. Optional integrated features provide phone exchange and reverse lookup data

 
Total Contacts Validated since September 2001: