Patent ID: 7734031

Claim:
A method of routing calls based on at least one telephony service using at least one out-of-network server, comprising: receiving, at a service control point (SCP), a query regarding a call for a party received in a public-switched telephone network; requesting data related to the at least one telephony service from a server located out of the public-switched telephone network, wherein the data includes a subscriber-defined service profile identifying a currently activated telephony service based on a flag set in the service profile by the subscriber, and wherein a telephone user interface is used to update a setting in a call management configuration database storing the service profile, and the flag is set based on the setting; and routing the call by reading the flag to determine the currently activated telephony service, wherein the call is routed to a telephone number included in the service profile when the flag is determined to be set to accepting the call, and the call is routed to voice mail and an email notification is sent when the flag is determined to be set to not accepting the call, and wherein the call routing is performed by service logic modules contained within the SCP, the service logic modules performing the call routing by communicating with service logic contained in the server.