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System and method for audio caller identification service

  • US 7,388,949 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2000
  • Issued: 06/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing audible and visual caller information for calls routed from a first telephone station to a second telephone station via a switching network, comprising:

  • placing a first telephone call from the first telephone station directed to the second telephone station via a first service switching point of the switching network;

    placing a second telephone call from a services node to the second telephone station via a second service switching point, the second call transmitting an audible message to the second telephone station;

    replacing a telephone directory number associated with the services node with a telephone directory number associated with the first telephone station;

    determining information associated with the first telephone station from a database stored at a services control point;

    audibly communicating the information associated with the first telephone station to the second telephone station; and

    visually communicating the telephone directory number of the first telephone station that replaced the telephone directory number associated with the services node to the second telephone station.

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