Patent ID: 6891939

Claim:
A telephone network for delivering a name associated with a calling party's telephone number to a called party comprising: a called party service switching point having means for triggering a query that requests the name associated with the calling party's telephone number; a service control point coupled with the called party service switching point; and a database coupled with the service control point; wherein the service control point comprises: means for receiving the query, means for determining that the query is requesting the name associated with the calling party's telephone number, means for determining whether there are any restrictions on the disclosure of the name associated with the calling party's telephone number, means for analyzing a portion of the calling party's telephone number to determine whether the calling party's telephone number is present in the database prior to searching the database, means for searching the database to obtain the name associated with the calling party's telephone number if it is determined that the calling party's telephone number is present in the database, and means for transmitting the name associated with the calling party's telephone number to the called party service switching point.