Patent ID: 6574319
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called party at a called communication station, the method comprising:(a) determining whether standard caller identification information for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station; (b) transmitting a request for audible caller identification information to the calling communication station in response to a determination that the standard caller identification information cannot be provided to the called commutation station; (c) in response to a personal identification number provided by the called party to the calling party and entered by the calling party, connecting the call between the calling communication station and the called communication station; (d) otherwise, transmitting the audible caller identification information to the called communication station; (e) canceling the call in response to input from the called communication station; and (f) canceling the call if no response to the request for audible caller identification information is received from the calling communication station.