Patent ID: 8223937
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of handling a telephone call initiated from a calling terminal in a circuit switched telecommunications network, the method comprising: providing identification data of a called party to said circuit switched telecommunications network, wherein said telephone call is set up by obtaining answering party identification data, comprising a redirection number, from a network entity associated with said called party and based on said provided called party identification data and by providing communication through said network between said calling terminal and an answering terminal identified using said answering party identification data, said answering party identification data being obtained from an answer notification message, and making said answering party identification data available, by including said answering party identification data in a signaling message, to a service control point (SCP) associated with said network entity in said network for identifying services associated with said answering terminal.