Patent ID: 8897759

Claim:
A method for forwarding wireless communications, comprising: storing, by a wireless operator system comprising one or more computers, associations between a plurality of mobile communications devices (“MCDs”) and a user; determining, by the wireless operator system, that at least one of the plurality of MCDs is inactive and that at least one of the plurality of MCDs is active based at least in part on activity data associated with the plurality of MCDs; receiving an incoming call or message intended for the at least one inactive MCD; if only one of the plurality of MCDs is active, causing, by the wireless operator system, the incoming call or message to be forwarded to the one active MCD based at least in part on the determination; and if more than one of the plurality of MCDs is active, either: (a) causing, by the wireless operator system, the incoming call or message to be forwarded to at least one of the active MCDs based at least in part on the determination or (b) not causing the incoming call or message to be forwarded based at least in part on the determination.