Patent ID: 6463138
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A system for processing caller ID data for use in a process executing on a point of sale computer, comprising:a host computer configured to control a PBX system; a caller ID signal detector circuit coupled to the host computer and to one or more extension telephones and to one or more telephone lines, the caller ID signal detector circuit being configured to detect caller ID signals being transmitted on the telephone lines and to decode the signals into caller ID data, each of the extension telephones being configured to receive user input and to process the caller ID data, the processing including reformatting one or more items of caller ID data and appending codes to the caller ID data in accordance with the user input; and a point of sale computer or terminal coupled to the caller ID signal detector circuit and configured to execute a point of sale process, the process receiving caller ID data from the caller ID signal detector circuit; wherein each of the extension telephones is configured to transmit the processed caller ID data to the point of sale process, and wherein the point of sale process includes one or more instructions associated with each code.