Patent ID: 7177669
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for identification of a number being dialed on an incoming call to a multi-line terminal, comprising the steps of: receiving a call at a network, the call being for a multi-line terminal having at least two different numbers; checking a mobile subscriber database for a data entry indicative of the terminal being a multi-line mobile terminal; preparing, by a call controller in the network, caller identification and a number that was dialed by the calling party for display at the multi-line mobile terminal; and presenting not only caller identification information to the called terminal, but also presenting the number that was dialed by the calling party so that a called party knows which of the at least two different numbers is being called, both the caller identification and the number that was dialed by the calling party displayed at the terminal; wherein a caller/called identification module in the network allows the network to present, when a call is placed to a terminal that has two or more distinct and independent numbers, the dialed number to the multi-line terminal in addition to the caller identification information.