Patent ID: 7940912

Claim:
A method for call routing from a wired telephone switch, said method comprising: registering a virtual number with a database of the wired telephone switch for call routing, the virtual number along with one or more phone numbers are associated with a wireless service plan of a user provided by a wireless service provider; associating the virtual number with a standard telephone used by the user, the standard telephone operable to be used without the user having a landline service agreement with a landline service provider, wherein service to the standard telephone is provided by the landline service provider based on an agreement between the wireless service provider and the landline service provider, and wherein usage of the standard telephone by the user is based on the wireless service plan of the user with the wireless service provider; routing outgoing calls made from the standard telephone utilizing the virtual number; associating one of the one or more phone numbers that are associated with the wireless service plan with the virtual number to enable the outgoing calls made from the standard telephone to appear as if the outgoing calls originated from the one of the one or more phone numbers that is associated with the virtual number, wherein the one of the one or more phone numbers associated with the virtual number may be changed at any time by the user to any of the one or more phone numbers that are associated with the wireless service plan; and unregistering the virtual number to disable the call routing from the standard telephone.