Patent ID: 8831578

Claim:
A phone device, comprising: a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising: storing a plurality of origination telephone numbers enabled for use in initiating outgoing calls from the phone device, wherein the plurality of origination phone numbers are associated with respective calling line identification information; receiving a telephone call request to initiate an outgoing call from the phone device to a destination telephone number; selecting calling line identification information of the respective calling line identification information to associate with an originator device of the telephone call request based on the destination telephone number, wherein the selecting the calling line identification information comprises determining previous calling line identification information of an origination telephone number of the plurality of origination telephone numbers previously assigned to the destination telephone number comprising referring to history data representing a call history for the destination telephone number, and selecting the previous calling line identification information as the calling line identification information; and sending the calling line identification information with the outgoing call.