Patent ID: 6304641
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A call forwarding system for an AIN telecommunications environment in which a destination has changed from an old telephone number to a new telephone number, and a calling party places a call attempting to contact the destination by dialing the old telephone number, the call forwarding system comprising:a locator that determines the new telephone number;a sponsor determiner that determines whether the destination has elected to pay for forwarding the call from the old telephone number to the new telephone number, and that determines whether an eligible calling party has elected to pay for forwarding the call from the old telephone number to the new telephone number when the destination has not elected to pay for forwarding the call; anda system that completes the call from the calling party to the new telephone number if either the destination or the calling party has elected to pay for forwarding the call.