Patent ID: 6999580

Claim:
Method of indicating to a telephone subscriber that a telephone number has been called, in which: the number of the last caller who has called said called number is stored in a memory associated with the called number; wherein, for indication to the called subscriber, (a) after each storage in the memory, the stored number is automatically transferred to a database associated with the called subscriber and capable of permanently storing a plurality of transferred numbers, (b) transferred numbers are stored in the database associated with the called subscriber, and (c) after at least one transfer, at least one message is automatically transmitted to at least one predetermined contact number associated with the called subscriber, the message containing an indication associated with at least one caller number stored in the data base, and information for identifying subscribers for which the indication according to stages (a), (b) and (c) must be made is stored beforehand in a table and stages (a), (b) and (c) are carried out when the called number corresponds to one of the items of information stored in the local table.