Patent ID: 8165570

Claim:
An apparatus for availing a mobile telecommunication call of caller name information; the apparatus comprising: (a) a query unit configured for receiving said mobile telecommunication call from a caller; (b) an information gleaning unit coupled with said query unit; and (c) at least one data base coupled with said information gleaning unit; said query unit configured to, in no particular order, pose queries to: (1) determine whether name information relating to said caller is included with said call; and (2) determine whether at least one previous attempt has been made to obtain said name information; if said query unit determines that neither query (1) nor query (2) may be answered affirmatively, said information gleaning unit accesses said at least one data base to obtain available said name information for inclusion with said call when said query unit effects onward routing of said call and repeats posing query 1 and query 2; if said query unit determines that either query (1) or query (2) may be answered affirmatively said query unit effects onward routing of said call.