Patent ID: 8264990
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring a telephone call, the method comprising: at a first electronic device, establishing a connection for a telephone call between the first electronic device and a second electronic device; sending a request to a first server computer to transfer the telephone call from the first electronic device to a third electronic device, the first electronic device and the third electronic device having the same user, the request initiating a consultation call to the third electronic device, the request causing a connection to be established between the first electronic device and the third electronic device while maintaining the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the second electronic device not being put on hold while the connection between the first electronic device and the third electronic device is established, the first electronic device and the third electronic device being user devices of the same user, the connection between the first electronic device and the third electronic device being established as a result of the consultation call without use of an anchor server computer acting as a dedicated server computer that provides a fixed connection to a remote party in which a telephone call to the remote party can be switched from one user device to another user device; receiving a response from the first server computer that the third electronic device has accepted the telephone call; replacing the first electronic device with the third electronic device as a party in the telephone call with the second electronic device, continuity of the telephone call being maintained at the second electronic device during the time that the first electronic device is replaced with the third electronic device; and terminating the telephone call at the first electronic device.