Patent ID: 7680491
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for routing incoming communications in a communications network comprising a plurality of network elements in which a primary addressable number is associated with a plurality of communications devices each having a unique identifier associated therewith, the method comprising: receiving at a first one of said network elements an incoming communication addressed to a communications device in the plurality of communications devices, the incoming communication having addressing information including the primary addressable number; retrieving at a discrete network element that emulates at least one of said plurality of network elements, a subscriber service profile associated with the primary addressable number; determining, at said discrete network element, from the plurality of communications devices associated with the primary addressable number an appropriate communications device for delivery of the incoming communication based on pre-established criteria in the subscriber service profile; forwarding an identity of the appropriate communications device from said discrete network element to said first one of said network elements; and transmitting the incoming communication to the appropriate communications device.