US6137870A
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System for providing caller information to called party via call standard data field
Assignee: Concentrix CVG Customer Management Delaware LLC
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Filing: 1996-03-06
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Granted: 2000-10-24
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Expires: 2016-03-06
Abstract
Abstract A system is described in which a standard data field in a telephone system call format, such as ASI and/or dials number is changed to reflect caller and/or call specific information. The caller and/or calls specific information is made available to a called party, and elements of the telephone switching system.
Inventors
- 👤 Gordon F. Scherer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 06:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/487; H04M3/493; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/0016; H04Q3/72; H04M2242/00; H04M2242/22; H04M3/42025; H04M3/42034; H04M3/42042; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/1307; H04Q2213/13091; H04Q2213/13106; H04Q2213/1313; H04Q2213/13141; H04Q2213/13176; H04Q2213/1322; H04Q2213/1328; H04Q2213/13345; H04Q2213/13377; H04Q2213/13383
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
A system for handling a telephone call, said system comprising: an ANI field in a call element format of said telephone call; a call data character stream which is in compliance with said call element format and which is adapted to reside in said ANI data field, said call data character stream adapted to reference call specific information; a second standard data field in said call element format of said telephone call wherein said call specific information is stored; whereby contents of said standard data field are modified by said call data character stream, and wherein said call data character stream is unique from the call's original ANI data and from the call's original dialed number, and whereby said call specific information includes information beyond that which is available from the original ANI and from the originally dialed number and wherein said ANI field of the call is increasingly updated to new data in one call, a plurality of times.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
160 words
A system for handling a telephone call, said system comprising: an ANI field in a call element format of said telephone call; a call data character stream which is in compliance with said call element format and which is adapted to reside in said ANI data field, said call data character stream adapted to reference call specific information; a second standard data field in said call element format of said telephone call wherein said call specific information is stored; whereby contents of said standard data field are modified by said call data character stream, and wherein said call data character stream is unique from the call's original ANI data and from the call's original dialed number, and whereby said call specific information includes information beyond that which is available from the original ANI and from the originally dialed number and wherein said ANI field of the call is increasingly updated to new data in one call, a plurality of times.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the standard data field is a data field for a dialed number.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the call data character stream replaces the contents of the standard data field.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the call data character stream references information stored in a database.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the call data character stream is used to process the voice path of the telephone call.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the call specific information is selected from the group consisting of caller account number, caller social security number, and unique caller identifier.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
148 words
A method for handling a telephone call, said method comprising the steps of: modifying an ANI field in a call element format of said telephone call with a call data character data stream that is in compliance with said call element form and that is adapted to reference call specific information; modifying by said call data character stream the contents of a second standard data field in said call element format of said telephone call wherein said call specific information is stored, wherein said call data character stream is unique from said telephone call's original ANI data and from the telephone call's original dialed number, and whereby said call specific information includes information beyond that which is available from the original ANI and from the originally dialed number; and updating a plurality of times said ANI field of the telephone call to new data in one telephone call.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
148 words
A method for handling a telephone call, said method comprising the steps of: modifying an ANI field in a call element format of said telephone call with a call data character data stream that is in compliance with said call element form and that is adapted to reference call specific information; modifying by said call data character stream the contents of a second standard data field in said call element format of said telephone call wherein said call specific information is stored, wherein said call data character stream is unique from said telephone call's original ANI data and from the telephone call's original dialed number, and whereby said call specific information includes information beyond that which is available from the original ANI and from the originally dialed number; and updating a plurality of times said ANI field of the telephone call to new data in one telephone call.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the standard data field is a data field for a dialed number.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the call data character stream replaces the contents of the standard data field.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the call data character stream references information stored in a database.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the call data character stream is used to process the voice path of the telephone call.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the call specific information is selected from the group consisting of caller account number, caller social security number, and unique caller identifier.
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