Patent ID: 8958785
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of terminating a telephony communication to a telephony device that receives its native telephony service from a native telephony service provider, where the telephony communication is terminated to the telephony device via a non-native telephony service provider, comprising: receiving, at the non-native telephony service provider, a first telephony communication that was originally sent from a calling party to a native telephone number of the telephony device and which has been forwarded from the native telephony service provider to the non-native telephony service provider; providing a communication to the calling party, the communication including information that enables the calling party to send a telephony communication intended for the telephony device directly to the non-native telephony service provider; receiving, at the non-native telephony service provider, a second telephony communication from the calling party that is to be terminated to the telephony device; and attempting to terminate the second telephony communication to the telephony device.