Patent ID: 6449351
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of providing caller identification with name within a customer group, comprising the steps of:(a) dialing a destination telephone number; (b) receiving a call to the destination telephone at a service switching point and triggering; (c) sending a query to a switching control point; (d) determining if the destination telephone number subscribes to a custom caller identification with name service or to a caller identification with name service; (e) when the destination telephone number subscribes to custom caller identification with name service, performing a lookup in a custom caller identification with name database; (f) when the lookup returns a caller name, transmitting a response to the service switching point that includes the caller name; (g) terminating the call to the destination telephone number; and (h) forwarding the caller name to the destination telephone number.