Patent ID: 8244252
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. Apparatus, for use in a communication network, comprising: a computer having processing logic to: receive, from a communication device, a request to initiate a communication using a first communication system, the request including first information relating to one or more parties with which the communication is intended to be initiated; determine whether the request includes second information relating to a predetermined party that represents a particular service; and in response to determining that the request includes the second information, initiating the particular service in accordance with the second information relating to the predetermined party, wherein the processing logic is arranged to initiate the particular service using a second communication system in place of initiating the communication using the first communication system, wherein the second communication system is different from the first communication system, and the first communication system provides a type of service different from a type of the particular service, and ending the initiation of the communication using the first communication system.