Method and apparatus for providing multiple calling name identifiers for a phone number

摘要

The present invention enables users of a packet-switched network service, e.g., a VoIP network service who live in the same household and share a common phone number to have individualized calling name identifiers transmitted in their call setup messages. Each user in the household would have a different individual user identifier which they could dial to signal to the network immediately before dialing the phone number when they want to place a call that would transmit their personalized individual calling name identifier in the call setup message.