Patent ID: 8223938
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing caller identification services to an Internet Protocol-enabled device, comprising: receiving a communication request from a caller device over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number of the caller device and a called party number of a called device associated with the communication request; mapping the called party number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a called party; and sending the caller party number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponding to the called party number; wherein the communication request includes a triggering event that identifies a controller system, the method further comprising: responsive to identifying the controller system, identifying a service offering corresponding to a subsystem number via a custom local area signaling service feature executing on the controller system, the custom local area signaling service feature determining which of its service offerings are handled by the subsystem number; and returning an authorization termination signal from the controller system in response to the triggering event, the authorization termination signal operable for causing a called party communication device associated with the called party number to ring while separately sending the caller party number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address; wherein mapping the called party number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a called party is performed when the subsystem number indicates that the service offering includes caller identification services to the Internet Protocol-enabled device.