Abstract:
A telecommunication system (10) provides calling party identification for an unidentified calling party (21) while the subscriber (26) is logged on to the Internet (24) on their subscriber lines (14 and 21). If a call is made to the subscriber's line (14) while the subscriber is logged onto the Internet (24) on the subscriber line (14), the SCP (16) determines whether the calling party (21) information is present. If the calling party (21) information is not present (either unavailable or blocked), the calling party (21) is prompted to record their name (or some sort of identification). The subscriber (26) can choose to have the recorded identification played on the subscriber's computer (26) via the Internet (24). After listening to the audible identification on the subscriber's computer (26), the subscriber (26) then can choose to reject the call, send the call to voicemail, terminate the Internet (24) connection and take the call, etc.