Method and system for providing calling name identification requery

• US 6,275,576 B1
• Filed: 09/10/1999
• Issued: 08/14/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ameritech Corp. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kovarik, Jim, Urban, Ron, Wojtczak, Bill
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Harry S.
• Application Number:
  US09/393,763
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• Field of Search: 379/127, 379/142, 379/201, 379/207, 379/220, 379/221, 379/230
• US Class Current: 379/207.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/12 intelligent networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13091 CLI, identification of calling line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13176 Common channel signaling, CCS7
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13204 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13345 Intelligent networks, SCP
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13387 Call gapping
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/74 Identification of subscriber calling from a party-line

Abstract

A method for determining the name of a calling party where the calling party'"'"'s name and corresponding telephone number are found in a remote database. The method first identifies whether the calling party'"'"'s telephone number is contained within the local database. When it is determined that the telephone number is not within the local database, the method attempts to locate the telephone number in a remote database. A query is formed according to a basic signal transmission protocol to ensure that a database which receives the query will be able to respond to it. The query requesting the name associated with the telephone number is sent across a network. The method receives a response to the inquiry and checks to ensure that a name was returned to the local database before delivering the name to the called party.

Claims

1. A method of identifying a name corresponding to a calling party comprising:

(a) receiving a first query from a switch;

(b) in response to the first query, using a local processor to formulate a second query requesting the name corresponding to a telephone number of the calling party; and

(c) transmitting the second query to a remote processor.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the switch comprises a service switching point.

3. The invention of claim 1 wherein the local processor comprises a service control point.

4. The invention of claim 1 wherein the remote processor comprises a service control point.

5. The invention of claim 1 wherein the second query is formulated according to TR1188 signaling protocol.

6. The invention of claim 1 further comprising using the local processor to determine whether the remote processor is able to process the second query.

7. The invention of claim 1 further comprising transmitting a response including the name of the calling party from the remote processor to the local processor.

8. The invention of claim 1 further comprising

transmitting the name of the calling party from the local processor to a called party.

9. A system for identifying a name corresponding to a calling party comprising:

a local processor operable to;

receive a first query from a switch;

formulate a second query requesting the name associated with a telephone number of the calling party; and

transmit the second query to a remote processor.

10. The invention of claim 9 wherein the local processor comprises a service control point.

11. The invention of claim 9 wherein the switch comprises a service switching point.

12. The invention of claim 9 wherein the remote processor comprises a service control point.

13. A system for identifying a name corresponding to a calling party comprising:

a local processor comprising;

means for receiving a first query from a switch;

means for formulating a second query requesting the name associated with a telephone number of the calling party; and

means for transmitting the second query to a remote processor.

14. The invention of claim 13 wherein the local processor comprises a service control point.

15. The invention of claim 13 wherein the switch comprises a service switching point.

16. The invention of claim 13 wherein the remote processor comprises a service control point.

17. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for identifying a name corresponding to a calling party, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code for causing a computer to receive a first query from a switch;

computer readable program code for causing a computer to formulate a second query requesting the name associated with a telephone number of the calling party; and

computer readable program code for causing a computer to transmit the second query to a remote processor.

18. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for identifying a name corresponding to a calling party by performing a database search, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code for causing a computer to determine that a calling party'"'"'s telephone number and corresponding name are not contained within a local database in response to a first query;

computer readable program code for causing a computer to formulate a second query requesting the name corresponding to the telephone number of the calling party in response to a determination that a calling party'"'"'s telephone number and corresponding name are not contained within the local database; and

computer readable program code for causing a computer to transmit the second query to a remote service control point associated with a remote database.

19. The invention of claim 18 further comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer to determine whether the remote service control point associated with the remote database is able to process the second query.

20. The invention of claim 18 further comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer to deliver the name to a telephone network.