Patent ID: 8611518

Claim:
A method, providing calling area information to a called party communications device via a network call processor, comprising: receiving, at the network call processor, a calling party number corresponding to a telephone call intended for the called party communications device that is associated with a called party; the network call processor querying a subscriber profile server for a preferred language of the called party; determining whether a calling area indication is available at a device calling area database in association with the calling party number, the calling area indication identifying a geographic area; in response to determining that the calling area indication is not available for the telephone call, initiating the device calling area database synchronizing with a network calling area database to include the calling area indication; and in response to (i) receiving the preferred language of the called party from the subscriber profile server and (ii) (a) determining that calling area indication is available or (b) the initiating, the network call processor sending the calling area indication, comprising the geographic area, in the preferred language to the called party communications device.