Patent ID: 8228907

Claim:
A method of providing telecommunication service comprising: a) through operation of a redirecting dialer device (RDD), receiving first dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals representative of a first telephone number from a first telecommunication device, wherein the RDD includes a memory with data representative of an alternative phone number stored therein; b) through operation of the RDD, responsive to at least a portion of the first DTMF signals, determining whether alternative DTMF signals representative of the alternative telephone number should be transmitted, wherein the alternative telephone number is associated with a public switched telephone network (PSTN)/voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) gateway server; c) through operation of the RDD, responsive to determining in (b) that the alternative DTMF signals should be transmitted, transmitting the alternative DTMF signals through a POTS circuit to establish first telecommunications through a PSTN with the PSTN/VOIP gateway server associated with the alternative telephone number; d) through operation of the RDD, transmitting at least a portion of the first DTMF signals to the PSTN/VOIP gateway server through the PSTN, which first DTMF signals cause the PSTN/VOIP gateway server to establish telecommunications between the first telecommunication device and a remote telecommunication device associated with the first telephone number, including causing through operation of the PSTN/VOIP gateway server, the first telecommunications to be converted to digital VOIP data which is transmitted through an IP network; e) receiving with the RDD, DTMF signals from the PSTN/VOIP gateway server through the PSTN; f) through operation of the RDD, modifying the data stored in the memory representative of the alternative phone number responsive to the DTMF signals received from the PSTN/VOIP gateway server.