Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification and privacy management

US6496569B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMERITECH LLC · US

Inventors

• Karen Jeanne Pelletier · Crystal Lake, US
• Raymond Walden Bennett, III · Naperville, US
• Michael Steven Pickard · Highland Park, US
• Wayne Robert Heinmiller · Elgin, US
• Edmond W. Israelski · Lake Barrington, US
• Jordan Howard Light · Chicago, US
• Rex Norman Bull · McLeansboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 1999
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M15/06
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station and detecting a privacy level selected by a called party at the called communication station. The call is routed in response to the signalling information and the privacy level. This permits management of privacy levels at the called communication station using the signalling information for the call/