Patent ID: 7155226
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining a subscriber profile that associates multiple subscriber stations with a common subscriber ID; arranging a first subscriber station of the multiple subscriber stations to respond to a predetermined type of termination signal having the common subscriber ID included to identify an intended destination of the terminal signal; arranging each remaining subscriber station of the multiple subscriber stations (i) with information regarding the common subscriber ID, and (ii) to ignore the predetermined type of termination signal having the common subscriber ID included to identify the intended destination of the termination signal; using the subscriber profile to authorize an origination from any of the multiple subscriber stations; and in response to a request to terminate a predetermined type of communication to the common subscriber ID, broadcasting the predetermined type of termination signal having the common subscriber ID included to identify the intended destination of the termination signal, wherein only the first subscriber station will respond to the termination signal.