Patent ID: 8625584
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: one or more computers programmed to execute instructions to cause the one or more computers to: maintain, at a device, a database that includes a plurality of 10-digit PSTN-compatible telephone numbers associated with a respective plurality of users of a respective plurality of VoIP telephony endpoints; and in the event, at the system, any particular one of the plurality of VoIP telephony endpoints is located at a first location and has a first network connection with a first network address, facilitate the directing of a first incoming call to the particular VoIP telephony endpoint at the first location via the first network connection and the first network address, and in the event, at the system, the same particular one of the plurality of VoIP telephony endpoints is located at a second location and has a second network connection with a second network address, facilitate the directing of a second incoming call to the same particular VoIP telephony endpoint at the second location via the second network connection and the second network address; wherein the first incoming call and the second incoming call are each identified by a particular 10-digit PSTN-compatible telephone number associated with the same particular one of the plurality of VoIP telephony endpoints; wherein the first incoming call and the second incoming call originate from a PSTN endpoint and are coupled via a packet switched network to the same particular one of the plurality of VoIP telephony endpoints as respective first and second VoIP calls via the first and second network connection with the first and second network address; wherein the first and second network connection having different network configuration; and wherein the same particular one of the VoIP telephony endpoints comprises a cellular telephone.