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Abstract

A system and method for providing calling party identification information to a called party in an intelligent network. A long distance calling card company maintains a subscriber database that includes preferred calling number data and calling name data for each subscriber. When a subscriber places a calling card call, the service provider looks up the subscriber's database record, retrieves the preferred calling number data, and sends the calling number data to the terminating end office. A calling name query from the terminating end office is routed to a database that includes data from the service provider's subscriber database. The caller's name is retrieved and returned to the terminating end office and displayed on the called party's display device, along with the calling number data, date, and time. By directing the calling name inquiry to the service provider's subscriber database, or to a database that includes relevant data from the subscriber database, the called party's caller ID display device is able to display both the calling party's identity and a valid call back number.

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