John Wesley Moss

TL;DR: In this article, the system determines whether or not standard caller identification information associated with a calling party can be provided to the called party, and if the calling party provides the requested audio identification information, the audio identification is transmitted to the caller.

TL;DR: In this article, a system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard caller ID information can not be provided, where a calling party is prompted by an announcement to provide the audible identification information, and the message may be tailored by changing the language or format of the announcement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the system determines whether or not standard caller identification information associated with a calling party can be provided to the called party, and if the calling party provides the requested audio identification information, the audio identification is transmitted to the caller.

TL;DR: In this article, a system for providing a caller identification with name service includes a destination service switching point (22) having a plurality of destination numbers (24), a switching control point (26) has a caller ID with name database (30), and a customer caller identification database (32).

TL;DR: In this article, a method of operating a virtual private network includes the steps of: (a) dialing a custom number; (b) receiving the custom number at a switch (20) of a first carrier; (c) routing the call to a switch of a second carrier based on having received the custom numbers; and (d) when the call-to-the switch (18) of the second carrier includes a plain old telephone number translation of the customer number, routing over the second-carrier to a service switching point (26) of another carrier.