Patent ID: 7664244
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for a communications network to restore private communication information to a communication that is redirected to an out-of-network entity, comprising: receiving a request from an in-network calling number for a communication directed to an in-network called number; determining that the communication is to be redirected to an out-of-network entity; removing the private communication information from the communication and storing the private communication information after determining that the communication is to be redirected to the out-of-network entity; redirecting the communication originally directed to the called number to the out of network entity; receiving, into the network, an outgoing communication from the out-of-network entity; retrieving private communication information and adding the private communication information into the outgoing communication; and sending the outgoing communication including the private communication information to a destination in the network.