Patent ID: 7302049

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code for operating a service node/intelligent peripheral (SN/IP) in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) telecommunications system, the SN/IP in communication with a service control point (SCP) which is configured to determine whether standard caller identification information for a call from a calling party to a calling communication station in the AIN telecommunications system can be provided to a called communication station in the AIN telecommunications system, the code comprising: (a) a first code for receiving call control information at the SN/IP, the call control information communicated by the calling party to the calling communication station for routing the call from the SCP; (b) a second code for transmitting a request for audible caller identification information from the SN/IP to the calling communication station in response to a determination by the SCP that the standard caller identification information cannot be provided to the called communication station; (c) a third code for connecting the call between the calling communication station and the called communication station in response to a personal identification number provided by the calling party; (d) a fourth code for transmitting from the SN/IP the audible caller identification information to the called communication station; and (e) a fifth code for canceling the call in response to input received at the SN/IP from the called communication station.