Patent ID: 7260196
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station in a communication network, the method comprising: receiving the call at a switch; activating a terminating attempt trigger at the switch in response to the call; transmitting a terminating attempt query from the switch to a service control point (SCP) of the communication network in response to the terminating attempt trigger; at the SCP, in response to the terminating attempt query, determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station; if standard caller identification for the calling communication station can not be provided, retrieving call control information from a SCP database; determining from the SCP database a recipient privacy level associated with an intended recipient of the call; returning the call control information and the recipient privacy level to the switch; in response to the call control information, routing the call from the switch to a service platform of the communication system; at the service platform, in response to the call control information and the recipient privacy level,