Delivery of customer data base key using automatic number identification

Patent 5163087 Issued on November 10, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 31, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Kaplan, Marc P.

Assignee

AT&T Bell Laboratories

Application

No. 636345 filed on 12/31/1990

US Classes:

379/93.03, Personal identification379/142.01, RECEPTION OF CALLING INFORMATION AT SUBSTATION IN WIRELINE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM379/207.14, Dialed number identification service (DNIS)379/207.15, Automatic number identification or calling number identification (ANI or CLID)379/385Relayless

Examiners

Primary: Dwyer, James L.
Assistant: Chan, Wing F.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Slusky; Ronald D.

International Class

H04M 011/00

Abstract

An enhanced "800" service translates an Automatic Number Identification (ANI) of a calling party into a customer data base key defined by the called party. The customer data base key is then provided by the enhanced "800" service to the called party in place of the ANI information.

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