Patent ID: 6826271
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
In a telecommunications network, a method for providing caller identification on a call comprising the steps of:generating caller identification information for identifying an originating caller station in an originating switching system; transmitting a call comprising said caller identification information to an initially selected terminating first switching system for serving a destination number provided by a caller of said call; in said initially selected terminating switching system, transferring said call to a second switching system, different from said first system, serving a transferred-to number for calls transferred from said destination number provided by said caller of said call, without completing said call to said different transferred-to number provided by said caller of said call; providing said caller identification information for identifying said originating caller station to said second switching system; and transmitting data, based on the provided caller identification information, to the transferred-to station.