Patent ID: 7085358

Claim:
A method of providing visual caller identification, comprising: saving a plurality of directory numbers; saving visual projection information for each of the plurality of directory numbers; receiving a call from a calling party at a caller identification device, wherein the call is associated with a directory number; querying a database for caller identification information associated with the call, wherein the caller identification information includes the directory number associated with the call and a name associated with the calling party; sending the caller identification information to a caller identification device; comparing the directory number associated with the call with the plurality of directory numbers; if one of the plurality of directory numbers matches the directory number associated with the call, projecting the saved projection information associated with the directory number onto a projection surface in place of the caller identification information associated with the call; and if one of the plurality of directory numbers does not match the directory number associated with the call, projecting caller identification information associated with the call onto a projection surface.