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Converting automatic number identification information to caller ID information

  • US 6,996,217 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2002
  • Issued: 02/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a telephone server, a method for providing information that identifies a calling party to a call recipient, comprising the acts of:

  • receiving a telephone call from the calling party, wherein the telephone call is directed to a call recipient and includes information specifying a telephone number purportedly associated with the calling party;

    making a return telephone call from the telephone server to the telephone number purportedly associated with the calling party to determine whether the telephone number is actually associated with the calling party; and

    only upon determining that the telephone number is actually associated with the calling party, connecting audio data of the telephone call received from the calling party to an outgoing telephone call made from the telephone sewer to a destination telephone number associated with the call recipient.

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