Patent ID: 8077850

Claim:
A method for mapping called number identification (CNI) information to user-created customized names comprising: identifying a plurality of phone lines in use; receiving user-created customized names for the identified plurality of phone lines; mapping each of the user-created customized names to each different one of the identified plurality of phone lines; generating a look-up table for the mapping; receiving a call notification of an incoming phone call through one of the identified plurality of phone lines, the call notification includes CNI information of the one phone line through which the incoming phone call is received; translating the CNI information of the incoming phone call to a corresponding one of the user-created customized names from the look-up table; and providing a display of the translated CNI information as the corresponding user-created customized name at a call-notification receiver to identify the one phone line through which the incoming phone call is received; wherein generating the look-up table comprises generating the look-up table remotely from the call-notification receiver; the method further comprising: forwarding the look-up table to the call-notification receiver; and storing the look-up table at the call-notification receiver.