Method and system of providing caller identification with name
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsJohn Wesley Moss, Richard John Ebel, James Daniel Kovarik, Teresa Farias Latter
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Abstract
A system (20) for providing a caller identification with name service includes a destination service switching point (22) having a plurality of destination numbers (24). A switching control point (26) has a caller identification with name database (30) and a customer caller identification with name database (32). A signaling system seven link (28) connects the destination service switching point (22) to the switching control point (26).
Claims20
A method of providing caller identification with name within a customer group, comprising the steps of:
- (a) dialing a destination telephone number;
- (b) receiving a call to the destination telephone at a service switching point and triggering;
- (c) sending a query to a switching control point;
- (d) performing a lookup in a custom caller identification with name database;
- (e) when the lookup returns a caller name, transmitting a response to the service switching point that includes the caller name;
- (f) terminating the call to the destination telephone-number;
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- (g) forwarding the caller name to the destination telephone number.
A method of providing a caller identification with name service, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a call at a terminating service switching point to a terminating directory number;
- (b) triggering based on the terminating directory number and sending a query to a switching control point;
- (c) determining if the terminating directory number and the originating directory number are both part of a customer group;
- (d) when the terminating directory number and the originating directory number are both part of the customer group, performing a lookup;
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- (e) forwarding a caller name to a destination telephone.
A system for providing a caller identification with name service, comprising:
- a destination service switching point having a plurality of destination numbers;
- a switching control point having a caller identification with name database and a customer caller identification with name database;
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- a signaling system seven link connecting the destination service switching point, to the switching control point.
A method of providing caller identification with name within a customer group, comprising the steps of:
- (a) dialing a terminating telephone number;
- (b) receiving a call to the terminating telephone at a terminating service switching point;
- (c) executing a termination attempt trigger at a terminating service switching point;
- (d) sending a termination attempt query to a switching control point from the terminating service switching point;
- (e) determining if the terminating telephone number has a custom calling name subscription;
- (f) when the terminating telephone number does have the custom calling name subscription, performing a lookup in a custom caller identification with name database;
- (g) when the lookup returns a caller name, transmitting a response to the service switching point that includes the caller name;
- (h) terminating the call to the destination telephone number;
- (i) forwarding the caller name to the destination telephone number;
- (j) when the lookup does not find an originating telephone number, performing a caller identification with name lookup;
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- (k) sending a response with a customer group name to the service switching point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.