Patent ID: 7890111
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for call routing from a wired telephone switch, said method comprising: receiving, at a switch of a wireless service provider, a request to register a wireless device for call routing to a standard telephone of a wired network of a wired network provider; determining, by the switch, whether the wireless service provider has an agreement with the wired network provider for enabling virtual roaming on the wired network; responsive to a determination that the wireless service provider has the agreement with the wired network provider for enabling virtual roaming on the wired network, registering the wireless device with a database of the wired telephone switch and routing incoming wireless calls destined for the wireless device to the standard telephone; unregistering the wireless device to disable the call routing to the standard telephone; and responsive to a determination that the wireless service provider does not have the agreement with the wired network provider for enabling virtual roaming on the wired network, transmitting, by the switch, a message to the wireless device to notify a user of the wireless device that the wireless device is not enabled for virtual roaming.