Patent ID: 8879701

Claim:
A method for providing call information to communication devices, the method comprising: receiving a call request from a sending endpoint communication device connected to a network, wherein the call request is a request to initiate a call and designates one or more requested receiving endpoint communication devices that are to receive the call request; examining alias information associated with at least one of the one or more receiving endpoint communication devices, the alias information stored separately from the call request, wherein the alias information indicates one or more additional receiving endpoint communication devices which are not designated in the call request; obtaining caller identification information associated with the call request, wherein the caller identification information includes a plurality of caller identifications associated with the sending endpoint communication device, each caller identification specifying the same information in a different language; and transmitting the call request and the plurality of caller identifications over the network to be received by a plurality of receiving endpoint communication devices connected to the network including the one or more requested receiving endpoint communication devices and the one or more additional receiving endpoint communication devices, wherein each of the plurality of receiving endpoint communication devices receives: the call request, and at least one of the identifications, wherein the received at least one identification is specified in a language designated for use by that receiving endpoint communication device, such that each of the plurality of receiving endpoint communication devices outputs at least one of the received identifications specified in the language designated for use by that receiving endpoint communication device.