Patent ID: 8958539
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring calls between multiple devices, the method comprising: communicating a call through a call path to a first phone utilizing a first communications service provider, the call path comprising a first switch in communication with a calling phone, a second switch in communication with the first phone, and a call transfer platform separate from and in communication with the first switch and the second switch; receiving a transfer command from the first phone; implementing, based on user preferences, a delay or re-ring procedure prior to transferring the call; transferring the call from the first phone to the second phone, the call being transferred in response to a user selection associated with the second phone; transferring the call from the second phone to a third phone, the second phone or the third phone utilizing a second communications service provider, the call being transferred in response to a user selection associated with the third phone, wherein the call transfer platform remains in the call path regardless of a destination of a call transfer to allow the call transfer to be implemented a plurality of times and wherein the call path is reconfigured from the call transfer platform through one or more switches to one or more phones for one or more call transfers.