Methods, systems, and products for recipient identification
Methods, systems, and products provide called party identification to a calling party. A communication is processed from a calling communications address to one of a plurality of communications addresses associated with a simultaneous ring. When an answer is detected at one of the plurality of communications addresses, an answering communications address is sent to the calling communications address.
1. A method, comprising:
processing, by a server, a communication from a sender's communications address to a destination communications address;
querying, by the server, for a profile associated with the sender's communications address;
retrieving, by the server, a plurality of communications addresses from the profile that are associated with the sender's communications address;
retrieving, by the server from the profile, shared caller identification information that is common for each one of the plurality of communications addresses;
sending, from the server, the shared caller identification information to the each one of the plurality of communications addresses;
simultaneously ringing, by the server, the each one of the plurality of communications addresses;
detecting, at the server, an answer at an answering communications address of the plurality of communications addresses; and
sending, from the server, the answering communications address to the sender's communications address.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising associating a device to the answering communications address.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising storing the profile in memory of the server.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising routing the communication to the destination communications address.
5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising blocking the sending of the shared caller identification information.
6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving the communication.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending a ring signal.
8. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
processing a communication from a sender's communications address to a destination communications address;
querying a profile for the sender's communications address;
retrieving a plurality of communications addresses from the profile that are associated with the sender's communications address;
retrieving shared caller identification information from the profile that is common to each one of the plurality of communications addresses;
sending the shared caller identification information to the each one of the plurality of communications addresses;
simultaneously ringing the each one of the plurality of communications addresses to alert of the communication;
detecting an answer at an answering communications address of the plurality of communications addresses; and
sending the answering communications address to the sender's communications address.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating a device to the shared caller identification information.
10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise storing the profile in the memory.
11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise routing the communication to the destination communications address.
12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise blocking the sending of the shared caller identification information.
13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the communication.
14. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a ring signal.
15. A computer readable memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
processing a communication from a sender's communications address to a destination communications address;
querying a profile for the sender's communications address;
retrieving a plurality of communications addresses from the profile that are associated with the sender's communications address;
retrieving shared caller identification information from the profile that is common to each one of the plurality of communications addresses;
sending the shared caller identification information to the each one of the plurality of communications addresses;
simultaneously ringing the each one of the plurality of communications addresses to alert of the communication;
detecting an answer at an answering communications address of the plurality of communications addresses; and
sending the answering communications address to the sender's communications address.
16. The computer readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise associating a device to the shared caller identification information.
17. The computer readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise storing the profile in the memory.
18. The computer readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise routing the communication to the destination communications address.
19. The computer readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise blocking the sending of the shared caller identification information.
20. The computer readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a ring signal.