Patent ID: 9191498
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a communications network apparatus configured to handle an incoming call originating from a calling party presented as an anonymous calling party, wherein the calling party is identifiable on the basis of a personal identity assigned to the calling party, and the personal identity is assignable to the calling party without requiring any interaction from the calling party, the method comprising: receiving a call from the calling party; checking if a calling party identity of the calling party is registered on a list together with a personal identity assigned to the calling party; enabling for the personal identity to be assigned to the calling party when no personal identity has already been assigned to the calling party and for storing the assigned personal identity in a list; enabling for said calling party to be identified by a called party on the basis of the personal identity stored in the list when the personal identity has previously been assigned to the calling party; providing an authorized user access to a call log in response to receiving such a request from the authorized user, when the call log comprises at least one entry indicating a call previously received by the called party from the calling party, and enabling the authorized user to assign the personal identity to the calling party and to update the list with the assigned personal identity in response to receiving an instruction to assign a personal identity to the calling party from the authorized user, wherein a telephone number associated with the calling party presented as an anonymous calling party is not provided to the called party.