Patent ID: 7388949
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing audible and visual caller information for calls routed from a first telephone station to a second telephone station via a switching network, comprising: placing a first telephone call from the first telephone station directed to the second telephone station via a first service switching point of the switching network; placing a second telephone call from a services node to the second telephone station via a second service switching point, the second call transmitting an audible message to the second telephone station; replacing a telephone directory number associated with the services node with a telephone directory number associated with the first telephone station; determining information associated with the first telephone station from a database stored at a services control point; audibly communicating the information associated with the first telephone station to the second telephone station; and visually communicating the telephone directory number of the first telephone station that replaced the telephone directory number associated with the services node to the second telephone station.