Simultaneous Ring Called Party Identification services identify an actual
communications address (or other called party identifier) of an answering
communications device in a simultaneous ring service. In some of the
exemplary embodiments, a calling party uses a communications device that
includes a computer program product--a Simultaneous Ring Called Party
Identification Module--that requests a Simultaneous Ring Called Party
Identification signal that includes a communications address of an
answering communications device. The Simultaneous Ring Called Party
Identification signal may be associated with multiple communications
devices of the answering communications address, such as a POTS phone and
a computer coupled with a modem communicating with a telecommunications
network from the same switch. The Simultaneous Ring Called Party
Identification signal may include text, video, voice, and/or digital
data.