Patent ID: 8781091

Claim:
A method for processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called party at a called communication station, the method comprising: receiving the call from the calling communication station; transmitting a termination attempt query from a first network element; communicating the termination attempt query to a second network element, wherein the second network element is configured to: determine whether caller identification information contained within in the termination attempt query is valid; determine whether standard caller identification information for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station; identify the call as presentation unavailable when caller identification information is unavailable; completing the call to the called party when the caller identification information contained within in the termination attempt query is valid; receiving a forward call message when the call is identified as presentation unavailable, wherein the forward call message includes a presentation indicator associated with the called communication station, and a parameter indicating that a request message should be used for the request; originating a second call that requests audible caller identification information in accordance with the request message; and transmitting, in connection with the second call, the audible caller identification information to the called communication station in a format specified by the called party.