Patent ID: 8682305
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of routing calls, the method comprising: receiving at a call processing system a first call, intended for a subscriber, from a first calling party, the first call directed to a first phone address, wherein the first call is associated with a calling party phone address; transmitting over a data network to a computing device associated with the subscriber a first notification regarding the first call; using a second phone address, placing a first outbound call from the call processing system to a wireless network of a wireless communications service provider of the subscriber wherein the call processing system configures call signaling parameters associated with the first outbound call so as to preserve the calling party phone address and to cause, at least in part, the wireless network to route the first outbound call, using the second phone address, to a mobile device of the subscriber; causing, at least in part, one or more subsequent calls from the mobile device of the subscriber to be presented to one or more called parties with the first phone address, wherein the first phone address is other than the second phone address used to route the first outbound call to the mobile device of the subscriber; and receiving at the call processing system a second call intended for the subscriber from a second calling party, the second call directed to the first phone address, wherein: the second calling party and the subscriber are both subscribers with respect to the wireless communications service provider, and routing is configured within the wireless network to inhibit the second call from being routed directly to the mobile device of the subscriber without transit through the call processing system.