Patent ID: 7319864
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing a single number reachability solution for communications with a desktop telephone and a cellular telephone, comprising: a call management application operable to associate a telephone number with a desktop telephone and a first communication port, to receive a first telephone call initiated by a remote device and directed to the telephone number, and to offer the first telephone call to the desktop telephone and to the first communication port; and a mobility application coupled to the call management application and operable to associate the first communication port with a cellular telephone, to obtain a second communication port from a plurality of available communication ports in response to the offer, and to place a second telephone call to the cellular telephone using the second communication port; wherein signaling associated with a communication session with the remote device passes through the call management application and media associated with the communication session passes directly between the remote device and an answering device.