Automatic Number Identification (“ANI”) is a feature that identifies and displays the number of a telephone line that originates a call.
Automatic Location Identification or "ALI" is the automatic display at the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) of the caller's telephone number, the address/location of the telephone and supplementary emergency services information for Enhanced 911 (E911).
User Identification means any unique user name (i.e., a series of characters) that is assigned to a person or entity by the Insured.
Automatic identification device means a device, such as a reader or interrogator, used to retrieve data encoded on machine-readable media.
Automatic Location Identification Gateway or "ALI Gateway" is a computer facility into which CLEC delivers Automatic Location Identification (ALI) data for CLEC Customers. Access to the ALI Gateway will be via a dial-up modem using a common protocol. "Automatic Number Identification" or "ANI" is the Billing telephone number associated with the access line from which a call originates. ANI and Calling Party Number (CPN) usually are the same number. "Automatic Route Selection" or "ARS" is a service feature that provides for automatic selection of the least expensive or most appropriate transmission facility for each call based on criteria programmed into a circuit Switch routing table or system.