Compatibility between a telephone service with server and a calling line identification service

• US 6,175,620 B1
• Filed: 10/29/1997
• Issued: 01/16/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Chemin, Francois, Rouge, Thierry
• Primary Examiner(s): Zele, Krista
• Assistant Examiner(s): Deane, Jr., William J.
• Application Number:
  US08/960,284
• Time in Patent Office: 1,175 Days
• Field of Search: 379/207, 379/219, 379/220, 379/229, 379/230, 379/140, 379/142, 379/209, 379/127
• US Class Current: 379/207.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/48 Arrangements for recalling a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0442 Exchange access circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1309 Apparatus individually associated with a subscriber line, line circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13091 CLI, identification of calling line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13196 Connection circuit/link/trunk/junction, bridge, router, gateway
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13209 ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13405 Dual frequency signaling, DTMF

Abstract

A telephone service using a server designated by a telephone number and connected to a telephone network is made compatible with the telephone network and a calling line identification presentation service. The server joins a first call between a calling user terminal and the server to a second call between the server and a called user terminal. A user of the called terminal has previously subscribed to the calling line identification presentation service. Compatibility is achieved by transmitting the telephone number of the calling terminal in a request to set up the first call between the calling user terminal and the server through the telephone network. The request succeeds a call from the called terminal to the server. During the call from the called terminal to the server, the server stored in memory the telephone number of the called terminal as the terminal that most recently called the calling terminal. A telephone number of the server is replaced in a request to set up the second call with the stored telephone number of the calling terminal in response to the request to set up the first call in the server. The request to set up the second call is transmitted with the telephone number of the calling terminal from the server to the telephone network so that the telephone number of the calling terminal is transmitted from the telephone network to the called terminal.

Claims

1. A method of making compatible within a telephone network a telephone service using a server designated by a telephone number and connected to said telephone network and a calling line identification presentation service, said server joining a first call between a calling user terminal and said server to a second call between said server and a called user terminal, a user of said called terminal having previously subscribed to said calling line identification presentation service, said method comprising the following successive steps of:

transmitting the telephone number of the calling terminal in a request to set up said first call between said calling user terminal and said server through said telephone network, said request succeeding a call from said called terminal to said server during which said server had stored in memory a telephone number of said called terminal as the terminal that most recently called said calling terminal,

introducing by said server the stored telephone number of said calling terminal, as if said stored telephone number were the telephone number of said server, in a request to set up said second call in response to the request to set up said first call in said server, and

transmitting the request to set up said second call with said telephone number of said calling terminal from said server to said telephone network so that said telephone number of said calling terminal is transmitted from said telephone network to said called terminal.

2. The method claimed in claim 1 wherein said telephone number of said calling terminal is transmitted from said server to said telephone network as a supplementary identification number of said server.