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Self-provisioning names database for caller identification services

  • US 5,940,484 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of administering a database for use in providing a call party name delivery service comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at the database party address data at the initiation of a first call;

    querying another database for a party name responsive to the received party address datastoring the party name with the party address in the database;

    out putting the party name for display prior to answer of the first call;

    receiving the same party address data at the initiation of a second call; and

    retrieving and outputting the stored party name from the database responsive to the same party address data prior to answer of the second call.

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