Patent ID: 8781454

Claim:
A mobile device for use in one or more telecommunications networks, the mobile device comprising: a storage entity configured to store a network profile associated with the mobile device, wherein the storage entity is further configured to store a list of preferences that comprise one or more communications forwarding rules for a group of numbers; a wireless interface; and a processing entity in data communication with the storage entity and the wireless interface, the processing entity comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed, cause the mobile device to: detect a change in an operational status of the mobile device, wherein detecting the change comprises detecting a physical removal of a SIM card from the mobile device and a replacement of the removed SIM card with a replacement SIM card in which the network profile associated with the mobile device is stored, and in response to the detection: send a message to a forwarding server, the message configured to cause the forwarding server to forward communications addressed to a first number associated with the removed SIM card to a second number associated with the network profile, based at least on the list of preferences, wherein the one or more communications forwarding rules include a list of sources from which communications addressed to the first number are to be forwarded to the second number.