Patent ID: 8885522
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium and computer-executable instructions embodied in the medium that, if executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform functions, including functions to: in response to an inbound call received on a cellular communication network and placed to a pilot telephone number identifying a first group of telephone numbers of a plurality of groups of telephone numbers, initiate a first inbound call leg to a cellular telephone to which the pilot telephone number is assigned and a second inbound call leg to a-telephone number associated with a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) client, wherein: automatically route to a voice mail system for voice mail retrieval a first outbound call to the pilot telephone number for the cellular telephone from the VoIP client using the telephone number associated with the VoIP client belonging to the first group of telephone numbers; and establish a second outbound call from the VoIP client using the telephone number associated with the VoIP client to the pilot telephone number for the cellular telephone, without the second outbound call being automatically directed to the voice mail system, in response to input of a special dial string at the VoIP client.