Patent ID: 8391460

Claim:
A method of providing a mid-call feature in a telecommunications network, the method comprising: (a) connecting a first call through a first switching facility of the telecommunications network such that a first party using a first end user terminal served by the first switching facility and a second party are participating in the first call; (b) receiving a second call originating from a second end user terminal for the first end user terminal at the first switching facility while the first call is still connected; (c) obtaining an originating telephone number associated with the second end user terminal for the second call at the first switching facility; (d) comparing the originating telephone number to at least one designated telephone number at the first switching facility, wherein each designated telephone number is associated with one or more end user terminal previously designated by the first party as a candidate for a mid-call feature; and, (e) connecting the second party to the second call at the first switching facility when the originating telephone number matches any designated telephone number while the second party remains connected to the first end user terminal via the first call.