Patent ID: 7929544

Claim:
A method of linking of caller identification data to a call, comprising: receiving a call from a calling party to a called party at a mobile switching center, the call originating from a virtual private network (VPN) and including a user entered access code associated with the calling party; setting off a predetermined trigger in response to receiving the call, the predetermined trigger being activated through the user entered access code; routing the call to an application server in response to the predetermined trigger; accessing a database populated with a plurality of caller identification data in response to the predetermined trigger; selecting a specific caller identification data associated with the calling party from the database based at least in part on the user entered access code; linking the specific caller identification data to the call via the user entered access code; and routing the call with the specific caller identification data to the called party; wherein the specific caller identification data overrides any other caller identification information that was previously stored and/or linked to the call.