Provision of telephony caller ID service via common instant communications clients

摘要

An approach is provided for supporting telephony services over a data network. A communication network establishes a voice session from a calling station to a called station associated with a user. A service platform, in communication with the communication network, obtains Caller ID information corresponding to the voice session, and determines an instant communication client of the user. The Caller ID information is transmitted over the data network to the instant communication client for display of the Caller ID information.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a service platform in communication with a communication network, the service platform being configured to obtain Caller Identification (Caller ID) information corresponding to a voice session established over the communication network from a calling station to a called station associated with a user, and to determine an instant communication client of the user, wherein the Caller ID information is associated with the calling station, wherein the Caller ID information is transmitted over a data network to the instant communication client for display of the Caller ID information, and wherein the voice session is terminated at the called station and the instant communication client displays the Caller ID information.