US 2006/0133593 A1 · Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls

Abstract

All calls terminating to a customer's directory number are intercepted. If caller identification information can be presented, the call is forwarded to a service node for disposition. The service node reconfigures signaling information of the call so that the call is not intercepted, then forwards the call to the subscriber's telephone. When the call is answered, the service node states the name or telephone number of the calling party which has been retrieved from the signaling information. The caller can decide whether to take the call, deny the call, send the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message or other disposition option.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A telephone call setup message for processing a call, the call setup message comprising:

a calling party identification field set to a directory number associated with a calling communication station;
a called party identification field set to a directory number associated with a called communication station;
and
a data field set to a value to indicate the call should not be suspended but should be presented to the called communication station.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/330,828Filed 12 Jan 2006

Priority

27 Dec 2001

Published

22 Jun 2006

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

H04M 3/42042
Calling party identification service: notifying the called party of information on the calling party
H04M 3/42
Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges: systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
H04M 3/436
Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers: arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics…
H04Q 3/0025
Arrangements providing connection between exchanges: provisions for signalling

Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls

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Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls

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Abstract

Claims6