Patent ID: 8355694
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for completing a mobile telephone call comprising: obtaining a phantom mobile telephone number from a mobile telephone service provider; associating the phantom mobile telephone number with a landline telephone number assigned to a business; receiving, at a mobile switching center of the mobile telephone service provider, a mobile telephone call directed to the phantom mobile telephone number from a mobile telephone having a service subscription with the mobile telephone service provider; accessing a phantom telephone number database; comparing the phantom mobile telephone number with telephone numbers in the phantom telephone number database to determine whether the phantom telephone number is in the phantom telephone number database; responsive to the phantom mobile telephone number being in the phantom telephone number database, determining a landline telephone number associated with the phantom mobile telephone number by accessing a phantom telephone number subscriber database; responsive to the phantom mobile telephone number being in the phantom telephone number database, switching the received mobile telephone call directed to the phantom mobile telephone number to the landline telephone number associated with the phantom mobile telephone number; completing the mobile telephone call to the business associated with the received phantom mobile telephone number; and responsive to the phantom mobile telephone number being in the phantom telephone number database, not debiting airtime minutes related to the mobile telephone call from the service subscription of the mobile telephone.