Personalized Caller Identification

1 . A method for indicating the identity of a caller in a telecommunication system, comprising:

receiving an incoming call initiated by a caller;

ascertaining the caller identity;

selecting a caller identity record comprising characteristics of the caller's voice; and

producing an audio signal based on the record.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

wherein the caller identity record comprises a voice recording.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the caller identity record comprises a set of speech coding parameters.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising:

checking for a caller identity record and indicating the existence of the caller identity record.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , comprising:

producing a caller identity record if no caller identity record exists.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , comprising:

storing a voice tag as caller identity record.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , comprising:

determining a set of speech coding parameters; and

storing the speech coding parameters as part of a caller identity record.

8 . A system for indicating the identity of a caller in a telecommunication system, comprising:

a caller identity date storage for storing a caller identity record;

a terminal receiving an incoming call signal initiated by a caller, the incoming call signal comprising a Caller ID information;

a circuitry for ascertaining the caller identity from the Caller ID information;

a selection unit for selecting a related caller identity record comprising characteristics of the caller's voice; and

a voice generator for producing an audio signal based on the record.

9 . The system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the voice generator comprises a loudspeaker.

10 . The system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the voice generator comprises a speech generator.

11 . The system according to claim 8 , comprising:

a determination unit that determines the existence of a related caller identity record.

12 . The system according to claim 11 , comprising:

a voice tag recorder to record an audio sequence as part of a related caller identity record.

13 . The system according to claim 11 , comprising:

a unit for determining speech parameters of a caller's voice.

14 . A method of creating a caller identity record, comprising:

receiving an incoming call initiated by a caller;

Checking for the existence of a caller identity record;

Sending an automatic request for pronouncing an identification to the caller;

Recording an audio sequence of a received reply; and

Storing the audio sequence as part of a related caller identity record.

15 . A method of creating a caller identity record, comprising:

receiving an incoming call initiated by a caller;

checking for the existence of a caller identity record;

recording at least a part of a conversation

determining speech parameters of the caller's voice; and

storing the speech parameters as part of a related caller identity record.