Patent ID: 8798258

Claim:
A method for providing a telecommuting virtual number in a communication network, comprising: receiving, by a call control element deployed in the communication network, an incoming call from an endpoint device of a remote worker in accordance with a telecommuting virtual number for use in initiating an outgoing call to a location of an enterprise that employs the remote worker, wherein the telecommuting virtual number is assigned to the remote worker where the telecommuting virtual number is considered to be a local phone number when compared to a location of the enterprise, wherein the outgoing call is treated as a local call for billing, wherein the communication network is a service provider internet protocol network, wherein the call control element comprises a media gateway controller, and wherein the receiving further comprises: verifying the incoming call to the telecommuting virtual number as an outgoing call request from a telephony endpoint phone number registered by the remote worker; and prompting the remote worker to enter a desired destination phone number; and connecting, by the call control element, the outgoing call to the desired destination phone number using the telecommuting virtual number as a point of origination.