An improved decoding, processing and delivery system in a PBX for the
advanced determination and display of geographic information to a called
party relating to the call origination party. The improved system
comprises a receiving device to receive the calling number delivery (CND)
message from a switching center; a central database server at the PBX for
storage and retrieval of specific data from a library for selectively
determining the corresponding geographic information of the call
origination party; a transmission device for sending data from the server
over the station-telephone connectivity plane; a receiving device in a
telephone; and a readout device for displaying the geographic information
of the incoming call. Accordingly, the improved system provides the user
with convenient and efficient display of geographic information related
to caller identification that is capable of determining an
ever-increasing number of area code and local telephone exchange number.