Patent ID: 6137870
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for handling a telephone call, said system comprising:an ANI field in a call element format of said telephone call;a call data character stream which is in compliance with said call element format and which is adapted to reside in said ANI data field, said call data character stream adapted to reference call specific information;a second standard data field in said call element format of said telephone call wherein said call specific information is stored;whereby contents of said standard data field are modified by said call data character stream, and wherein said call data character stream is unique from the call's original ANI data and from the call's original dialed number, and whereby said call specific information includes information beyond that which is available from the original ANI and from the originally dialed number and wherein said ANI field of the call is increasingly updated to new data in one call, a plurality of times.