Selective caller id blocking

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H04M 1/663 (2006.01) H04M 1/57 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2322087

A new calling feature allows a calling party to only block the transmission of the calling party's telephone number but not block the transmission of the calling party's identity. In a particular exemplary embodiment of a telephone system according to the invention, a method of identifying a calling party includes the step of providing the calling party an option to send identifying information limited to information other than the calling party's telephone number. In an alternative embodiment of a telephone system according to the invention, a calling party is identified by the step of providing a called party with identification information of the calling party, wherein said information is limited to include data other than the calling party's telephone number. In another alternative embodiment according to the invention, a telephone includes a controller and a display, wherein the display is adapted to display a name of a calling party and information regarding a status of the calling party's telephone number. The status may be, for example, that the calling party's telephone number is unlisted, or that the calling party is blocking transmission of the calling party's telephone number. In yet another alternative embodiment according to the invention, a telephone switch is adapted to provide calling party information to a called party, wherein the calling party information does not include a telephone number of a calling party.

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