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US 7,920,686 · App. 12/609,056 · Granted Apr 5, 2011

Method and system for providing calling name identification requery

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Patent No.
US 7,920,686
App. No.
12/609,056
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining the name of a calling party where the calling party's name and corresponding telephone number are found in a remote database. The method first identifies whether the calling party's telephone number is contained within the local database. When it is determined that the telephone number is not within the local database, the method attempts to locate the telephone number in a remote database. A query is formed according to a basic signal transmission protocol to ensure that a database which receives the query will be able to respond to it. The query requesting the name associated with the telephone number is sent across a network. The method receives a response to the inquiry and checks to ensure that a name was returned to the local database before delivering the name to the called party.

Claims (17)

1. A method of identifying a name that corresponds to a telephone number, the method comprising:

transmitting a query with a network element, the query requesting a name corresponding to a telephone number to a remote location after determining the remote location is able to process the query.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: formulating the query in response to a received query.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the received query includes the telephone number.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitted query includes the telephone number.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote location comprises a service control point.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the query comprises: transmitting the query in accordance with a TR1188 signaling protocol.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: identifying the name that corresponds to the telephone number.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a name that corresponds to the telephone number from the remote location.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: transmitting a name that corresponds to the telephone number to a called party.

10. A system for identifying a name corresponding to a telephone number, the system comprising:

means for transmitting a query that requests a name corresponding to a telephone number to a remote location after determining the remote location is able to process the query; and

means for formulating the query in response to a received query.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:

means for determining whether the remote location is able to process the transmitted query.

12. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:

means for transmitting a name that corresponds to the telephone number to a called party.