# US 2020/0396332 A1 · Systems and methods for providing caller identification over a public switched telephone network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0396332 A1 - Document ID: US20200396332A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/007,513 - Filed: 2020-08-31 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-19 - Assignees: Successful Cultures, Inc. - Applicants: Successful Cultures, Inc - Inventors: Michael Gayaldo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200396332A1 ## CPC - H04M 3/42042: {Notifying the called party of information on the calling party (details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72)} - H04M 3/42059: {Making use of the calling party identifier} - H04M 3/42068: {where the identifier is used to access a profile} - H04M 3/42102: {Making use of the called party identifier} - H04M 3/42204: {Arrangements at the exchange for service or number selection by voice (at the terminal H04M1/27)} - H04M 3/465: {Arrangements for simultaneously calling a number of substations until an answer is obtained} - H04M 3/543: {Call deflection} - H04M 7/0057: {Services where the data services network provides a telephone service in addition or as an alternative, e.g. for backup purposes, to the telephone service provided by the telephone services network} - H04M 3/42263: {where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism} - H04M 2203/2005: Temporarily overriding a service configuration - H04M 2203/6045: Identity confirmation - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A system and method of providing caller identification (ID) over a public switched telephone network (PSTN). For outbound calls, the system and method enable a caller to provide a caller ID that differs from the native caller ID of their mobile phone. The system and method enable multiple phones tied to a single account to display the same caller ID for outbound calls. For forwarded inbound calls, such as calls being forwarded from an office, the system and method inform the recipient of the identification of the call as well as that the call is being forwarded. The system and method enable the recipient to have calls forwarded from more than one number and identify the identity of the caller as well as the specific number the call is being forwarded from. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for call placement over a publicly switched telephone network, the system comprising a first device having a first telephone number and first caller identification, wherein the first device is designed and configured to: place a first call to a server, wherein: the first call is placed to a second telephone number associated with the first device; and the call is transmitted over a publicly switched telephone network; transmit data to the server via a different channel than the first call, wherein the data directs the server to associate predetermined caller identification with a second audio call to a second device, wherein the predetermined caller identification differs from the first caller identification; and initiate the second call. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data includes a second telephone number of the second device and the predetermined caller ID. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is configured to initiate the second call by: receiving call confirmation data from the server; and initiating the second call over the publicly switched telephone network to a second device as a function of the call confirmation data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein receiving call confirmation data from the server further comprises receiving a data packet over a network connection from the server, wherein the data packet causes the first device to display call confirmation data to a user of the first device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein receiving call confirmation from the server further comprises receiving a third call over the publicly switched telephone network from the server, wherein the third call provides the call confirmation data to a user of the first device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5 wherein the first device is further configured to terminate the first call. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein initiating the call further comprises transmitting a data packet from the first device over a network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the data packet identifies a user associated with the second device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is further configured to initiate the first call by transmitting a second phone number associated with the device using a native dialer on the first device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is further configured to initiate the first call by transmitting, over the publicly switched telephone network, a verbal identification of the second device. ### Claim 11 A method of call placement over a publicly switched telephone network, the method comprising: placing, by a first device having a first telephone number and first caller identification a first call to a server, wherein: the first call is placed to a second telephone number associated with the first device; and the call is transmitted over a publicly switched telephone network; transmitting, by the first device, data to the server via a different channel than the first call, wherein the data directs the server to associate predetermined caller identification with a second audio call to a second device, wherein the predetermined caller identification differs from the first caller identification; and initiating, by the first device, the second call. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the data includes a second telephone number of the second device and the predetermined caller ID. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein initiating the second call further comprises: receiving call confirmation data from the server; and initiating the second call over the publicly switched telephone network to a second device as a function of the call confirmation data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein receiving call confirmation data from the server further comprises receiving a data packet over a network connection from the server, wherein the data packet causes the first device to display call confirmation data to a user of the first device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein receiving call confirmation from the server further comprises receiving a third call over the publicly switched telephone network from the server, wherein the third call provides the call confirmation data to a user of the first device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 further comprising terminating the first call. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein initiating the call further comprises transmitting a data packet from the first device over a network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the data packet identifies a user associated with the second device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein initiating the call further comprises transmitting a second phone number associated with the device using a native dialer on the first device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein initiating the call further comprises transmitting, over the publicly switched telephone network, a verbal identification of the second device.