Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls

US7333599B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LP · US

Inventors

• John Wesley Moss · Lake Zurich, US
• Thomas Joseph McBlain · Arlington Heights, US
• Dianna Tiliks · Elk Grove Village, US
• Nancy Book · Naperville, US
• Susanne Marie Crockett · Buffalo Grove, US
• Carol Shifrin Gruchala · Naperville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2242/22
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

All calls terminating to a customer's directory number are intercepted. If caller identification information can be presented, the call is forwarded to a service node for disposition. The service node reconfigures signaling information of the call so that the call is not intercepted, then forwards the call to the subscriber's telephone. When the call is answered, the service node states the name or telephone number of the calling party which has been retrieved from the signaling information. The caller can decide whether to take the call, deny the call, send the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message or other disposition option.