For analog telephone service subscribers, an apparatus and a method is
provided for displaying a caller's originating number and/or the current
time of day on the subscriber's incoming call line identification
equipment. The subscriber's originating telephone number is obtained from
a database within the telephone switching system providing POTS service
to the subscriber. The time of day is obtained from a real-time clock
within or in communication with the telephone switching system. Data is
preferably transmitted to the subscriber's equipment by analog frequency
shift keyed protocol.