Patent ID: 7796998

Claim:
A method for providing a service that delivers the geographic location of a calling party on a VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) phone, comprising: receiving a call transmitted from a calling party's IP (Internet Protocol) network to a called party, wherein data associated with the call includes an IP address of the calling party and a directory number corresponding to the IP address; in response to receiving the call, triggering a query associated with the called party and requesting the geographic location of the calling party; receiving information returned on a circuit signaling network in response to the request, and including geographic location information associated with the calling party and recorded by a geographic location-tracking network; terminating the call and delivering the geographic location information to the called party; and translating the geographic location information from raw form to a displayable form; wherein if the call is from a mobile device, the geographic location information is recorded after the call originates from the calling party and before the call is received at a network element associated with the called party; and wherein the geographic location information includes a building name.