Behavior Policy Settings

Use this information when you are adding or editing a behavior policy.

Setting Description

Allowable Phone Number

Setting	Description
Allowable Phone Number	Determines the allowable phone numbers that customers can enter into their favorites slots. Enter one regular expression that defines a pattern for one or more phone numbers. Do not enter the leading and trailing / (slash) characters. Start the regular expression with the ^ (caret) character and end it with the $ (dollar sign) character. Examples Match only U.S. numbers with a 900 or 976 area code: `^(?:+?1)?(900\|976)[0-9]{7}$` `(?:+?1)?` allows for the possibility of 1 or +1, the U.S. country code. `(900\|976)` requires matching either 900 or 976. `[0-9]{7}` requires matching the digits 0 through 9 exactly 7 times. `^` ensures no characters come before the number. `$` ensures no characters come after the number. Match exactly 6505551212, with or without the U.S. country code: `^(?:+?1)?(6505551212)$` Match any legal U.S. phone number: `^(?:+?1)?[2-9][0-9]{2}[2-9][0-9]{6}$` When a regular expression is entered, it determines what numbers can be added by customers who receive a plan based on the behavior policy. If a customer tries to enter a number in a slot that does not match the regular expression, they will see an error.
Maximum Number of Favs	Required. Determines the number of favorites slots a customer can have. Once a behavior policy has been added to a filter in a policy and that policy is published, you can only increase the number of slots in the behavior policy.
Behavior Allowed	Determines what a customer can do in each favorites slot. Add Number Change Existing Number Replace Deleted Number Delete Number These are separately defined behaviors because you may want to charge for them and you may want to charge different amounts for them. Charging a fee for deleting, changing, and replacing numbers in a slot prevents customers from "gaming" the system, from changing a slot from number to different number to different number and gaining access to free calling to more favorite numbers than you want to allow.

Determines the allowable phone numbers that customers can enter into their favorites slots.

Enter one regular expression that defines a pattern for one or more phone numbers.

Do not enter the leading and trailing / (slash) characters.

Start the regular expression with the ^ (caret) character and end it with the $ (dollar sign) character.

Examples

Match only U.S. numbers with a 900 or 976 area code: ^(?:+?1)?(900|976)[0-9]{7}$

(?:+?1)? allows for the possibility of 1 or +1, the U.S. country code.
(900|976) requires matching either 900 or 976.
[0-9]{7} requires matching the digits 0 through 9 exactly 7 times.
^ ensures no characters come before the number.
$ ensures no characters come after the number.

Match exactly 6505551212, with or without the U.S. country code: ^(?:+?1)?(6505551212)$

Match any legal U.S. phone number: ^(?:+?1)?[2-9][0-9]{2}[2-9][0-9]{6}$

When a regular expression is entered, it determines what numbers can be added by customers who receive a plan based on the behavior policy. If a customer tries to enter a number in a slot that does not match the regular expression, they will see an error.

Maximum Number of Favs

Required. Determines the number of favorites slots a customer can have.

Once a behavior policy has been added to a filter in a policy and that policy is published, you can only increase the number of slots in the behavior policy.

Behavior Allowed

Determines what a customer can do in each favorites slot.

Add Number
Change Existing Number
Replace Deleted Number
Delete Number

These are separately defined behaviors because you may want to charge for them and you may want to charge different amounts for them.

Charging a fee for deleting, changing, and replacing numbers in a slot prevents customers from "gaming" the system, from changing a slot from number to different number to different number and gaining access to free calling to more favorite numbers than you want to allow.