Patent ID: 8831200

Claim:
A method for communicating calling name information between signaling system 7 (SS7) and non-SS7 networks, the method comprising: at an SS7 signaling message routing node: receiving an SS7 message that includes a calling party identifier; using the calling party identifier to obtain calling name information associated with the calling party; modifying the SS7 message to include the calling name information; and sending the modified SS7 message to a gateway network element for communicating messages between SS7 networks and non-SS7 networks; and at the gateway network element: receiving the modified SS7 message including the calling party identifier and the calling name information, extracting the calling party identifier and the calling name information from the received modified SS7 message, and storing an association between the calling party identifier and calling name information; generating and sending a first non-SS7 message including the calling party identifier to a node within the non-SS7 network; and receiving, from the node within the non-SS7 network, a request for calling name information associated with the calling party identifier, extracting the calling party identifier from the received request, determining calling name information using the extracted calling party identifier and the stored association between the calling party identifier and calling name information, and sending a response that includes the calling name information associated with the calling party identifier.