Caller selective identification for telephone calls
First Claim
1. A method for supplying calling party information in an intelligent network to a called party station for an incoming telephone call comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a location remote from said calling party station, input dialed at said calling party station, said input including a telephone number of said called party station;
detecting whether said dialed input additionally includes an access code;
in response to detection of said access code in said detecting step, suspending completion of the call;
accessing a data base separate from the remote location to obtain one identification from a plurality of identifications associated with the calling party station, the one identification being predesignated by the calling party to be associated with the access code;
routing the call to said called party station; and
transmitting the information associated with the access code as the calling party information from said remote location to said called party station.
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Abstract
The advanced intelligent network (GAIN) is used to allow a calling party to specify what caller ID information to send to the called party for display. The telephone system Line Identification Data Base (LIB) contains listings for subscribers that may each include a plurality of assigned telephone numbers and names. On an individual call basis, a calling subscriber can control what information is to be extracted from LIB for identification to the called party. Various identification options may be pre-established, the caller invoking a selected option by dialing a corresponding access code with the dialed telephone number.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for supplying calling party information in an intelligent network to a called party station for an incoming telephone call comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a location remote from said calling party station, input dialed at said calling party station, said input including a telephone number of said called party station; detecting whether said dialed input additionally includes an access code;
in response to detection of said access code in said detecting step, suspending completion of the call;accessing a data base separate from the remote location to obtain one identification from a plurality of identifications associated with the calling party station, the one identification being predesignated by the calling party to be associated with the access code; routing the call to said called party station; and transmitting the information associated with the access code as the calling party information from said remote location to said called party station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a public switched telephone network having a plurality of subscriber telephone lines with respective stations, each coupled to an associated telephone switching facility, a service control point remotely located from said telephone lines and connected to the associated switching facilities through a common channel signaling network, and a line information data base (LIB) system accessible via said common channel signaling network, a method for processing a telephone call placed from a calling subscriber line station to a called subscriber line station comprising the steps of:
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obtaining input from said calling subscriber line station at the switching facility associated with said calling subscriber line, said input comprising an access code; in response to said input, suspending completion of said call; accessing said service control point; extracting one identification from a plurality of identifications associated with the calling subscriber line station from said LIB system, the one identification being predesignated by the calling subscriber line station to be associated with the access code; routing the call to said called subscriber line station; and transmitting said extracted information to said called subscriber line station. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a public switched telephone network having a plurality of subscriber telephone lines with respective stations, each coupled to an associated telephone switching facility, a service control point remotely located from said telephone lines and connected to the associated switching facilities through a common channel signaling network, and a line information data base (LIB) system accessible via said common channel signaling network, a method for processing a telephone call placed from a calling subscriber line station to a called subscriber line station comprising the steps of:
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obtaining input from said calling subscriber line station at the switching facility associated with said calling subscriber line; transmitting said input through said common channel signaling network to the switching facility associated with said called subscriber line; in response to a determination that said called subscriber line is a caller ID subscriber, accessing a call processing record of the calling subscriber line stored in said service control point; extracting one identification from a plurality of identifications associated with the calling subscriber line station, from said LIB system, in accordance with said input by direction of said service control point, the one identification being predesignated by the calling subscriber line station to be associated with said input; routing the call to said called subscriber line station; and transmitting said extracted information to said called subscriber line station. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An intelligent communication system comprising:
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a calling party station; a called party station; a plurality of separately located central office switching systems interconnected via trunk circuits for selectively providing switched telephone call communications between the calling party station and the called party station, at least one of said central office switching systems acting as a service switching point, wherein said service switching point receives input dialed at the called party station, said input including a telephone number of the called party station; an integrated service control point, separate from the central office switching systems, the integrated service control point having a database containing a plurality of call processing records including a record associated with the calling station, said record associated with the calling station comprising an access code; and an identification data base with a plurality of identifications associated with the calling party station, one of the plurality of identifications being predesignated by the calling party station to be associated with the access code, wherein the one of the identifications is transmitted to the called party station upon detection of the access code within the input dialed at the called party station.
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