At Service Objects, we provide top of the line phone validation tools that can help enrich your contact data. We currently have three phone services available to our customers: DOTS Phone Exchange, DOTS GeoPhone Plus, and DOTS Phone Append.
Each tool serves a different function, so in this article, we’re going to compare the product features of each to better clarify which tools can cater best to the information you are looking for.
A quick overview
Phone Exchange
Returns exchange information like carrier information, line type, ported info, SMS and MMS details and the general location of the area where the phone is registered. This service can also identify high-risk VOIP and prepaid phone numbers.
GeoPhone Plus
Returns exchange information like Phone Exchange, along with any available contact information associated with the phone number. This can include name, address and street-level latitude and longitude coordinates for the address returned. This service can also indicate if a number has been disconnected or potentially disconnected. GeoPhone Plus can also provide the same information about the line type of a phone number and help identify high-risk numbers.
Phone Append
This service is used to append missing phone numbers to existing name and address data. It will take in a person’s name or a business name, along with the address that is associated with that name. Our service will then search for a phone number associated with the name and address combination and return it along with a confidence score.
Next, let’s compare the features of each of these services regarding their inputs and outputs. Given that these products have many different operations, we will focus on the recommended operations of each service, as they each handle and return domestic phone information for the USA and Canada.
Inputs compared
This graphic will illustrate what kind of inputs you need to get a proper response from each service.
| Inputs | Phone Exchange 2 | GeoPhone Plus 2 | Phone Append 2 |
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| Phone number | X | X | |
| First name | X |
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| Last name | X | ||
| Contact address | X |
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| Contact city | X | ||
| Contact state | X |
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| Contact zip | X | ||
| Test type* | X |
*Some of our services require test types to dictate a certain response of the service. Lists of available test types per product are specified on our Developer Guides.
Outputs compared
This graphic will illustrate the kinds of phone information being returned from each service.
| Outputs | Phone Exchange 2 | GeoPhone Plus 2 | Phone Append 2 |
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| Returns verified phone number | X | X | X |
| Indicates if the phone number is residential | X |
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| Returns name of phone carrier | X | X | |
| Returns name of contact the phone is registered to | X | X |
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| Returns address of contact the phone is registered to | X | X | |
| Returns city of contact the phone is registered to | X | X |
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| Returns state of contact the phone is registered to | X | X | |
| Returns city where validated phone is registered | X | X | |
| Returns state where validated phone is registered | X | X | |
| Returns SIC Code and SIC Code information | X | ||
| Returns time zone where validated phone is registered | X | X | |
| Returns line type information | X | X | X |
| Returns SMS address for verified number | X | X | |
| Returns MMS address for verified number | X | X | |
| Returns porting information | X | X | |
| Returns a quality score for the data we provide you | X | X |
Responses compared
These sample responses highlight commonalities between each service when inputting Service Objects’ phone and address information.
Phone Exchange (input: 805-963-1700)
<ExchangeInfoResults>
<ExchangeInfo>
<PhoneNumber>8059631700</PhoneNumber>
<Name>BANDWIDTH.COM – CA</Name>
<City>SAN LUIS OBISPO</City>
<State>CALIFORNIA</State>
<Country>US</Country>
<LineType>VOIP</LineType>
<TimeZone>PST</TimeZone>
<Latitude>35.2579</Latitude>
<Longitude>-120.665</Longitude>
<SMSAddress/>
<MMSAddress/>
<PortedInfo>
<OriginalName>FRONTIER CALIFORNIA INC.</OriginalName>
<OriginalLineType>LANDLINE</OriginalLineType>
<PortedDate>2019-05-16</PortedDate>
<LATA>740</LATA>
</PortedInfo>
<NoteCodes>3,6</NoteCodes>
<NoteDescriptions>IsPorted,IsVOIP</NoteDescriptions>
</ExchangeInfo>
</ExchangeInfoResults>
GeoPhone Plus (inputs: 805-963-1700, specified test type)
<PhoneInfo>
<Provider>
<Name>BANDWIDTH.COM – CA</Name>
<City>SAN LUIS OBISPO</City>
<State>CALIFORNIA</State>
<Latitude>35.2579</Latitude>
<Longitude>-120.665</Longitude>
<LineType>VOIP</LineType>
</Provider>
<Contacts>
<Contact>
<Name>SERVICE OBJECTS</Name>
<Address>27 E COTA ST STE 500</Address>
<City>SANTA BARBARA</City>
<State>CA</State>
<PostalCode>93101-7602</PostalCode>
<PhoneType>BUSINESS</PhoneType>
<Latitude>34.420403</Latitude>
<Longitude>-119.693931</Longitude>
<SICCode>73750000</SICCode>
<SICDesc>INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES</SICDesc>
<QualityScore>HIGH</QualityScore>
</Contact>
</Contacts>
<SMSAddress/>
<MMSAddress/>
<DateFirstSeen/>
<DateOfPorting>2019-05-16</DateOfPorting>
<NoteCodes>1,2,3</NoteCodes>
<NoteDescriptions>IsMailable,IsConnected,IsPorted</NoteDescriptions>
<TokensUsed>65</TokensUsed>
</PhoneInfo>
Phone Append (inputs: Service Objects, 27 E Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101)
<PhoneInfo>
<Phone>(805)963-1700</Phone>
<Name>Service Objects</Name>
<Address>27 E Cota St Ste 500</Address>
<City>Santa Barbara</City>
<State>CA</State>
<PostalCode>93101-7602</PostalCode>
<IsResidential>False</IsResidential>
<Certainty>Low</Certainty>
<LineType>VOIP</LineType>
</PhoneInfo>
Interested? Grab a trial key
It is easy to discover the power of our phone validation services for your own business applications. Our product webpages for GeoPhone Plus, Phone Append, and Phone Exchange demonstrate each tool’s capabilities live with sample numbers, so you can see for yourself what kind of outputs they return. We also offer a free trial key for each service, good for 500 of your own transactions, to test each one and see which suits your use case best.
Have more questions? Our friendly technical staff is ready to assist you at any time. Let us help you explore how to get the most out of your telephone contact data assets.
