SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING COMMUNICATION INFORMATION (MCI)
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Abstract
A system for handling an outbound call from a call originator to a call target including a database storing a plurality of outgoing telephone numbers, each outgoing telephone number having one of two or more area codes; and an information processor controlled by the call originator. The information processor configured to process a trigger comprising at least an area code of a telephone number of the call target; select from the database a telephone number from the plurality of outgoing telephone numbers where the selected telephone number has at least an area code the same as the area code of the telephone number of the call target; set caller identification data of the outbound call to the selected telephone number; and transmit the caller identification data to the call target in connection with the outbound call.
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37 Claims
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11. A system for handling an outbound call from a call originator to a call target, the system comprising:
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a database storing a plurality of outgoing telephone numbers, each outgoing telephone number having one of two or more area codes; and an information processor controlled by the call originator and configured to a) process a trigger comprising at least an area code of a telephone number of the call target; b) select from the database a telephone number from the plurality of outgoing telephone numbers where the selected telephone number has at least an area code the same as the area code of the telephone number of the call target; c) set caller identification data of the outbound call to the selected telephone number; and d) transmit the caller identification data to the call target in connection with the outbound call. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer for handling an outbound call from a call originator to a call target, the computer comprising:
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memory having at least one region for storing computer executable program code; and processor for executing the computer executable program code stored in the memory, where the computer executable program code comprises; code for processing at least a portion of a telephone number of the call target; code for accessing a database storing a plurality of outgoing telephone numbers, each outgoing telephone number having one of two or more area codes; code for selecting from the database a telephone number from the plurality of outgoing telephone numbers based on at least a portion of the telephone number of the call target, the selected telephone number having an area code from a geographic region the same as a geographic region of an area code of the telephone number of the call target; code for setting caller identification data of the call to the selected telephone number; and code for transmitting the caller identification data to the call target in connection with the outbound call. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer implemented method for handling an outbound call from a call originator to a call target comprising:
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processing a trigger in the form of at least a portion of a telephone number of the call target; accessing a database storing a plurality of outgoing telephone numbers, each outgoing telephone number having one of two or more area codes; selecting from the database a telephone number from the plurality of outgoing telephone numbers based on at least a portion of the telephone number of the call target, the selected telephone number having an area code from a geographic region the same as a geographic region of an area code of the telephone number of the call target; setting caller identification data of the call to the selected telephone number; and transmitting the caller identification data to the call target in connection with the outbound call. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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Specification