An advanced intelligent network (AIN) for providing the name and telephone number
of a calling party to a called party comprising a plurality of central offices
and a service control point (SCP). The central offices are equipped with AIN software
which enables them to generate triggers which active queries requesting the name
of the calling party. The SCP contains subscriber information which enables it
to determine the type of query that is associated with each trigger. The SCP also
incorporates a database containing telephone numbers and corresponding names. Software
incorporated into the SCP enables it to respond to the queries sent to it by searching
its database and returning the telephone number and corresponding name of a calling
party to a called party's central office and the called party.
