Patent ID: 7646860
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. In a telecommunications network a method of completing a call which did not include calling line identification information to a called party which does not accept calls that do not include calling line information, comprising the steps of: routing said call to a service node having announcement and recording facilities; from said service node, requesting a caller of said call to speak his or her name; storing the requested name and a link to call information for said call in a personal call portal unit; responsive to a first type of request from said called party, providing an indication to a personal computer of said called party indicating that said personal call portal unit has a stored name for a call to said called party; in response to a second type of request from said personal computer, providing the stored name to said called party; in response to a third type of request from said called party, accessing said call information via said link from said personal call portal unit; establishing a connection from said called party to said calling party using said call information; wherein said calling party has a private number and said call is established over said network without revealing said private number to said called party.