| US 7,593,517 B2 | ||
| Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information | ||
| Patrick J. Walsh, Bloomingdale, Ill. (US); Theodore J. Myers, East Dundee, Ill. (US); Jose M. Cruz, Naperville, Ill. (US); Bruce E. Stuckman, Austin, Tex. (US); and John G. Rauch, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, Nev. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 07, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/98,940. | ||
| Application 12/098940 is a continuation of application No. 11/516116, filed on Sep. 06, 2006, granted, now 7,372,948. | ||
| Application 11/516116 is a continuation of application No. 10/832096, filed on Apr. 26, 2004, granted, now 7,127,050. | ||
| Application 10/832096 is a continuation of application No. 09/535333, filed on Mar. 27, 2000, granted, now 6,748,068. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0187120 A1, Aug. 07, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 1/56 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 379—142.03 [379/142.01] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A tangible storage medium storing code operable in conjunction with a communication system to process a call from a calling
party at a calling communication station to a called party at a called communication station, the code comprising:
first code operable with a first network element to detect a call processing query from a terminating switch and, in response
to the call processing query, to determine whether standard caller identification information for the calling communication
station can be provided to the called communication station, the first code being further operative in conjunction with the
first network element to communicate a call processing message if standard caller identification information can not be provided,
the call processing message including an identifier for the called communication station and a presentation indicator; and
second code operable with a second network element to receive the call processing message and to transmit a request for spoken
caller identification information to the calling communication station and to store the spoken caller identification information
as audible caller identification information in response to the call processing message, and further to provide the audible
caller identification information to the called communication station if the called party accepts the call, the second code
further operable with the second network element to detect a screen listing indication from the called communication station,
and
the first code operative with the first network element to intercept subsequent calls from the calling communication station
to the called communication station in response to the screen listing indication.
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