Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including screening invalid calling party numbers
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJohn Wesley Moss, James Daniel Kovarik, Kenneth Robert Stroud, Rick Anthony Cherye
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Abstract
A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information is invalid or cannot be provided. In one disclosed embodiment, the Caller ID information must include a valid number of digits and a valid area code. If the Caller ID information is not valid, a calling party is prompted by an announcement to provide the audible caller identification information.
Claims12
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 customer selected request message should be used for the request;
- originating a second call that requests audible caller identification information in accordance with the customer selected request message;
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- 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.
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:
- detect in the termination attempt query the caller identification information for the calling communication station;
- determine whether the caller identification information is valid;
- process, if the caller identification information is not valid, the call as if the call is marked presentation unavailable;
- determine whether standard caller identification information for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station;
- identify the call as a presentation unavailable call when the caller identification information for the calling communication station cannot be provided;
- 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 at the switch for calls identified as presentation unavailable calls, wherein the forward call message includes:
- an identifier associated with the called communication station;
- a presentation indicator associated with the called communication station, the presentation indicator being set to presentation allowed, and
- a parameter indicating that a customer selected request message should be used for the request;
- originating a second call in response to the forward call message;
- transmitting a request for audible caller identification information to the calling communication station in accordance with the customer selected request message;
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- transmitting the audible caller identification information to the called communication station in a format specified by the called party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.