Inventors:
Tom Gonder - Westminster CO, US
Scott Ramsdell - Charlotte NC, US
Howard Pfeffer - Reston VA, US
Matthew Cannon - Sterling VA, US
James Balasalle - Boulder CO, US
Albert Straub - Westminster CO, US
Assignee:
Time Warner Cable, Inc. - New York NY
International Classification:
H04M 1/56
H04M 15/06
H04N 5/76
US Classification:
37914217, 37914201, 37914207, 37914215, 37914216, 709238, 709240, 370352, 725100, 725153, 348552, 386 46, 386 E5002
Abstract:
A system and method for providing caller ID in a multi-region cable network. Caller identifying (CID) information of an incoming VoIP call is provided to a digital telephone subscriber through a video termination device (VTD) using a path that is different from the path by which the VoIP call packets are delivered to the digital telephone subscriber. The telephone number of a digital telephone subscriber is associated with the IP address and/or MAC address of the subscriber's VTD. The called number of the incoming VoIP call is used to select the VTD to which the CID information is delivered. A message is then sent through an out-of-band channel to the digital telephone subscriber's VTD comprising the CID information for display on video display equipment. Alternatively, the VTD is DOCSIS-compliant and a message is addressed to the VTD using the IP address of the VTD DOCSIS modem.
