Patent ID: 7756514
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of forwarding a telephone call from a caller intended to be directed to a first, fixed, telephony number toward a second, mobile, telephony number in order to render an intended responder associated with the second telephony number reachable at a mobile phone instead of a fixed telephone, comprising: having the caller place a call to a virtual mobile telephony number associated with the first telephony number; receiving the call at a mobile telephony network switching apparatus; upon receiving, at the mobile telephony network switching apparatus, the call from the caller to the virtual mobile telephony number, identifying the first telephony number associated with the virtual mobile telephony number, and first routing the call to the first telephony number; receiving the call at a fixed telephony network switching apparatus associated with the first telephony number; conditioned by the fact that call forwarding from the first telephony number to the second telephony number is enabled, identifying a feature code associated with the virtual mobile phone number; extracting the second telephony number from the virtual mobile phone number using the feature code; and routing the call from the fixed telephony network switching apparatus to the mobile telephony network switching apparatus using the extracted second telephony number; and if the responder accepts, terminating the call from the caller at the second telephony number instead of at the first telephony number, so as to establish a direct telephone call between the caller and the responder.