Method and system for providing calling name identification requery

• US 6,560,324 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2001
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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:
  US09/864,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20020003870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: 379/127.01, 379/142.01, 379/142.06, 379/201.01, 379/207.02, 379/220.01, 379/221.08, 379/221.09, 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 telephone number comprising:

(a) receiving a first query requesting the name corresponding to the telephone number from a switch;

(b) formulating a second query requesting the name corresponding to the telephone number; and

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

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein (a) comprises receiving a first query from a service switching point.

3. The invention of claim 1 wherein (c) comprises transmitting the second query to a service control point.

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

5. The invention of claim 1 further comprising determining whether the remote processor is able to process the second query prior to (c).

6. The invention of claim 1 further comprising identifying the name corresponding to the telephone number in response to (c).

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

8. The invention of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the name to a called party.

9. A system for identifying a name corresponding to a telephone number comprising:

means for formulating a second query requesting the name corresponding to the telephone number in response to the receipt of a first query requesting the name corresponding to the telephone number transmitted from a switch; and

means for transmitting the second query to a remote processor.

10. The invention of claim 9 further comprising means for determining whether the remote processor is able to process the second query.

11. The invention of claim 9 further comprising means for identifying the name corresponding to the telephone number in response to the receipt of the second query.

12. The invention of claim 9 further comprising means for transmitting the name to a called party.

13. The invention of claim 9 wherein the means for formulating a second query comprises a service control point.

14. The invention of claim 11 wherein the means for identifying the name corresponding to the telephone number comprises a service control point.

15. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for identifying a name corresponding to a telephone number, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code for causing a computer to formulate a second query requesting the name corresponding to the telephone number in response to the receipt of a first query requesting the name corresponding to the telephone number transmitted from a switch; and

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

16. The invention of claim 15 further comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer to determine whether the remote processor able to process the second query.

17. The invention of claim 15 further comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer to identify the name corresponding to the telephone number in response to the receipt of the second query.

18. The invention of claim 15 further comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer to transmit the name to a telephone network.

19. The invention of claim 15 further comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer to transmit the name to a called party.