Patent ID: 9247071
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A VoIP server system associated with a VoIP telephony service, wherein the VoIP server system is configured to communicate with a plurality of portable VoIP telephony endpoints via a packet switched data network, the VoIP server system comprising: a database that includes a plurality of 10-digit PSTN-compatible telephone numbers associated with a respective plurality of users of the plurality of portable VoIP telephony endpoints; at least one memory having program code stored therein; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one memory for executing the stored program code; wherein the program code, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to: wherein the first incoming call and the second incoming call are each identified by the particular 10-digit PSTN-compatible telephone number associated with the second portable VoIP telephony endpoint; wherein at least one of the first incoming call and the second incoming call is coupled to the second portable VoIP telephony endpoint as at least one respective first or second VoIP call; wherein the second portable VoIP telephony endpoint is assigned the particular 10-digit PSTN-compatible telephone number to facilitate the directing of VoIP calls to the second portable VoIP telephony endpoint when it is acting as a VoIP telephony endpoint, and the particular 10-digit PSTN-compatible telephone number is a different telephone number than a separate 10-digit PSTN-compatible telephone number that facilitates the directing of circuit-switched telephone calls to the second portable VoIP telephony endpoint when it is acting as a circuit-switched telephony endpoint; and wherein the second portable VoIP telephony endpoint comprises a cellular telephone, and wherein the cellular telephone includes a VoIP client application program.