Patent ID: 9578177
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server system, a notification of a primary incoming call directed to a subscriber telephone number associated with a user device, where the notification received at the server system is sent by the user device after the primary incoming call starts ringing at the user device, and where a registration of a conditional call forwarding on a subscription associated with the subscriber telephone number with a destination of the forwarding being set to the telephone number associated with the server system was completed prior to receiving the notification of the primary incoming call; notifying, by the server system, one or more secondary destinations of the primary incoming call based on the notification, where the notification is made by the server system while the primary incoming call is concurrently ringing at the user device; sending, from the server system, an instruction designated to the user device to perform one or more operations to trigger forwarding of the primary incoming call to a telephone number associated with the server system, wherein the instruction is only sent after notifying the one or more secondary destinations of the primary incoming call, wherein the one or more operations include relecting the primary incoming call at the user device, and wherein a registration of a conditional call forwarding on busy is performed prior to the reiection of the primary incoming call at the user device; receiving the forwarded incoming call at the server system; and connecting, by the server system, the forwarded incoming call to a particular secondary destination.