Patent ID: 8958540
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a remote PBX service by a customer's phone service provider, comprising the steps of: receiving control signals by a customer interface unit, the control signals indicative of an assignment of more than one telephone number for one customer's telephone communication link, the one customer's telephone communication link in communication with one or more customer terminal units; receiving a connection request from a calling party terminal unit by a customer processing unit, the connection request including one of the telephone numbers assigned to the one customer's telephone communication link and a caller identification identifying the calling party terminal; generating a called telephone code indicative of the one of the telephone numbers included in the connection request by the customer processing unit; and sending the called telephone code and the caller identification to at least one of the one or more customer terminal units via the customer's telephone communication link whereby a user of the customer's telephone communication link is capable of knowing which of the more than one telephone numbers assigned to the one customer's telephone communication link was called prior to answering a customer terminal unit, the customer's phone service provider providing the remote PBX service for the customer without the necessity of a local PBX.