Patent ID: 7305079

Claim:
A telecommunication device comprising: a receiving module for receiving a telephone call for a user from a calling device; and a processor for identifying a dialed telephone number associated with the call, said processor using the dialed telephone number to retrieve from a storage medium a first telephone number associated with a first communication device, a second telephone number associated with a second communication device, and at least one user preference, each of which being associated with the user, said processor using the at least one retrieved user preference to substantially simultaneously form a first communication path between said processor and the first communication device by dialing said first telephone number and form a second different communication path between said processor and the second communication device by dialing said second telephone number, wherein said processor holds the call for a predetermined time until it is determined that the user has answered the first or second communication device, authenticates the answered device before forming a completed physical circuit connection between the calling device and the answered device, and routes the call to the answered device.