Patent ID: 8306201
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing telephone number sharing services, the method comprising: receiving call details for a call to a called party from a subscriber of a call system, the call details including a called number corresponding to the called party; storing the call details including a call placement preference of the subscriber and the called number; determining whether the call from the subscriber is a first call to the called number; in response to the call being the first call to the called number, assigning a reusable call number that satisfies the call placement preference of the subscriber; and storing the reusable call number assigned to the subscriber for the call with the called number; in response to the call not being the first call to the called number, retrieving a reusable call number assigned to the subscriber from a previous call to the called number; forwarding the call to the called number along with the assigned reusable call number; and in response to receiving a another call from a calling number to a reusable call number at the system,