Patent ID: 8223939
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. Method for assigning information to address information at a first communication terminal of a communication system, the communication system also comprising a call routing device comprising one of a phone switching system, a router, a gatekeeper and a private branch exchange for connecting calls to the first communication terminal, the method comprising: a second communication terminal calling the first communication terminal, the second terminal being external to the communication system and a network in which the communication system is located; the call routing device routing the call to the first communication terminal, the routing of the call to the first terminal comprising: the first communication terminal providing name input for storage in the database so that the name associated with the telephone number of the second communication terminal is stored within the database and associated with the telephone number of the second communication terminal; the second communication terminal calling a third communication terminal of the communication system after the name input was provided to the database via the first communication terminal, the third communication terminal being within the network; the call routing device querying the database to determine the name associated with the telephone number of the second communication terminal; and the call routing device connecting the call from the second communication terminal to the third communication terminal such that the telephone number of the second communication terminal and the name associated with the telephone number of the second communication terminal in the database are output at the third communication device.