PROVISION OF TELEPHONY CALLER ID SERVICE VIA COMMON INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS CLIENTS
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for supporting telephony services over a data network, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
- determining that a voice session from a calling station is destined to called station associated with a user;
obtaining an identifier associated with the calling station;
determining an instant communication client of the user; and
forwarding the identifier over the data network to the instant communication client, wherein the voice session is terminated at the called station and the instant communication client displays the identifier to the user.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for supporting telephony services over a data network. A communication network establishes a voice session from a calling station to a called station associated with a user. A service platform, in communication with the communication network, obtains Caller ID information corresponding to the voice session, and determines an instant communication client of the user. The Caller ID information is transmitted over the data network to the instant communication client for display of the Caller ID information.
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26 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for supporting telephony services over a data network, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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determining that a voice session from a calling station is destined to called station associated with a user; obtaining an identifier associated with the calling station; determining an instant communication client of the user; and forwarding the identifier over the data network to the instant communication client, wherein the voice session is terminated at the called station and the instant communication client displays the identifier to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a service platform in communication with a communication network, the service platform being configured to obtain Caller Identification (Caller ID) information corresponding to a voice session established over the communication network from a calling station to a called station associated with a user, and to determine an instant communication client of the user, wherein the Caller ID information is transmitted over a data network to the instant communication client for display of the Caller ID information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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