A feature that provides the billing phone number of the phone from which a call originated or the phone number itself. See also Calling Line ID (CLID).
A general industry term referring to knowledge of the calling party number (CPN). When the calling party is connected to a PBX, the number provided can be either a billing number for the PBX or the station identification number.
Being able to recognize the phone number of the person calling you. Unlike Caller ID, ANI does not require the presence of Signaling System 7 (SS7) throughout the entire network and cannot be blocked by the calling party. Scenario: You're running a large call center. Before a call is even connected to your ACD (Auto Call Distributor), the ANI presents the BN (Billing Number) of the calling party to the ACD. Your ACD then looks into its computer database and matches the number with the profile of the caller. As the customer service rep answers the phone, they get a screen pop with info about the caller. This saves as much as 30 seconds on an average call, by eliminating routine identification questions.
The number transmitted through the network that identifies the calling party. Technically, a Common Channel Inter-office Signaling (CCIS) parameter that refers to the number transmitted on an out-of-band basis through the SS7 signaling network identifying the calling party's telephone number. Also known as Calling Party Number (CPN).
Feature that automatically identifies a calling station; for use in message accounting.
The customer's billing number - aka Caller Identification Number or Caller ID.
Automatic line identification of outward dialed calls which permits call completion and billing without the need for operator intervention.
A service that provides the telephone number of an incoming call. This is useful for a number of applications such as routing an 800 call to an appropriate vendor.
The display for the number of the calling telephone.
This enables the subscriber to call in and order programming. Based on the caller's phone number, the ANI links the caller's account to his or her addressable set-top box and authorizes the transaction.
The automatic transmission by the local switching system of the originating telephone number to an interexchange or other communications carrier or to the operator of a 911 system.
Originating Number (1) The number associated with the telephone station(s) from which switched calls are originated (or terminated). (2) A software feature associated with Feature Group D (and optional on Feature Group B) circuits. ANI provides the originating local telephone number of the calling party. This information is transmitted as part of the digit stream in the signalling protocol, and included in the Call Detail Record for billing purposes. (3) ANI may also be used to refer to any phone number.
The process of automatically identifying a calling number.
A method of identifying the calling party by automatically receiving a string of digits that identifies the calling station of a particular customer.
A service offered by the telephone network that provides the billing directory number associated with a calling party. The number provided by ANI is not always the same as the number of the calling party.
A service offered by commercial telephone networks that provides the billing directory number associated with a calling party. This is the telephone number of the incoming call. This information is used for call setup activities and can be used by the CallPath Enterprise Client as a key for retrieving data from host computer applications.
A feature which provides the phone number or billing phone number of the phone from which a call originated.
A call center uses ANI to track the phone numbers of persons calling the call center. Useful for reporting crank or threatening callers to the appropriate authorities. Caller ID is the public telephone network version of ANI.
Automatic number identifcation
The telephone network feature that allows the transmission of the ten-digit area code and telephone number of the originating telephone to the receiving telephone line. Telephone lines and handsets subscribing to "Caller I.D." are able to view the ANI of the calling party. enchmarking - A benchmark is a standard that provides a measuring-stick for relative performance. Benchmarking is critical to formulating a knowledge-based plan of action to achieve objectives.
The name used by U.S. exchanges for the system that identifies the calling number. (See Calling Line Identification).
With this technology, the local exchange carrier provides a long distance carrier with the caller’s telephone number as a means of identification. No extra digits are necessary for caller identification.
Automatic number identification corresponds to the subscribers seven(7) digit telephone number. The ANI display at the PSAP.
A telephone network feature that passes the number of the phone the caller is using to the call centre, real-time. ANI may arrive over the D channel of an ISDN PRI circuit (out of band signaling), or before the first ring on a single line (inband signaling). ANI is delivered from long distance companies. Caller ID is the local phone company version of ANI, and is delivered inband. ANI is a North American term, and Calling Line Identification (CLI) is an alternative term used elsewhere.
Automatic number identification is a feature of telephony intelligent network services which permits subscribers to display or capture the telephone numbers of calling parties. In the U.S. it is part of Inward WATS Service (Wide Area Telephone Service). The ANI service was created by AT&T for internal long-distance billing purposes, and is not related to newer Caller ID services.