Patent ID: 7620167

Claim:
A do not redirect or reject call management system comprising: a network server, said network server operating within a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) network, said network server including: a memory comprising: a do not redirect or reject application that prevents a call recipient device from redirecting or rejecting a call; and a processor coupled to the memory that executes the do not redirect or reject application, wherein the call is placed on the SIP network, the call including a SIP request with a do not redirect or reject instruction, the SIP network including a caller device, the call recipient device and a redirect recipient device, the caller device, the call recipient device and the redirect recipient device in communication with said network server across said SIP network, the call recipient device associated with a first user and the redirect recipient device associated with a second user, the network server receives the call from the caller device and the network server directs the call to the call recipient device, the network server receives a redirect or reject instruction from the call recipient device and the network server determines if the redirect recipient device is reachable by sending another SIP request to the redirect recipient device and receiving a return of a SIP code from the redirect recipient device, the network server instructs the call recipient device to answer the call through the do not redirect or reject instruction that it must accept the call when the redirect recipient device is unreachable by receipt of the SIP code wherein the call recipient device will begin ringing, the network server routes the call to the redirect recipient device when the redirect recipient device is reachable.