Luis E Nieto

US Patent:

55068944, Apr 9, 1996

Filed:

May 12, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/241817

Inventors:

Karen S. Billings - Aberdeen NJ
Luis E. Nieto - Scotch Plains NJ
I. Grace Tseng - Middletown NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 1500
H04M 1100
H04M 156
H04M 342

US Classification:

379127

Abstract:

A system for delivering originating country information for international calls to a subscriber includes three separate processes. In a first process, the country code is extracted from either billing/routing data forwarded by the caller's national telephone network to the communication switching system of the destination country of the call, or from channel information associated with the call. In the second process, the originating county code is then inserted in either the calling party number or the destination number depending on the subscriber's terminal device egress arrangement. In the third process, the originating country code is delivered to the subscriber before the call is completed. Once received by the subscriber, the originating country information can be used to tailor customized services for the foreign caller. These customized services include for example, connecting callers from a given country to specialized attendants fluent in caller's native language or mapping the originating country code to the country's name for display to attendants.

US Patent:

53331850, Jul 26, 1994

Filed:

Jun 3, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/709047

Inventors:

Karen B. Burke - Aberdeen NJ
Luis E. Nieto - East Brunswick NJ
I. Grace Tseng - Middletown NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 1500
H04M 1100
H04M 156
H04M 342

US Classification:

379127

Abstract:

A system for delivering originating country information for international toll-free calls to a subscriber includes three separate processes. The country code is extracted from billing and routing data forwarded by the caller's national telephone network to the communication switching system of the destination country of the call, the originating country code is then inserted in either the calling party number or the destination number depending on subscriber's terminating arrangement and finally, the originating country code is delivered to the international toll-free subscriber before the call is completed. Once received by the subscriber, the originating country information can be used to tailor customized services for the foreign caller such as directing calls to attendants fluent in caller's language, or mapping the originating country code to the country name for display to attendants.