Patent ID: 7068622

Claim:
An apparatus for delivering one or more features in a network environment, comprising: a mobile station operable to conduct a communication session that involves a communication device, an Internet protocol (IP) private branch exchange (PBX) being operable to receive a request from a selected one of the communication device and the mobile station to establish the communication session, the IP PBX being operable to respond to the request by signaling to the mobile station that a call is being initiated that involves the mobile station, the IP PBX being operable to exchange signaling information with a voice gateway after receiving the request such that one or more voice circuits are established by the voice gateway in order to accommodate voice data that may propagate between the communication device and the mobile station, and wherein a signaling pathway is established between the IP PBX and the mobile station in response to the request such that one or more features associated with a private network are delivered to the mobile station during the communication session, the IP PBX communicating call-identification information to the mobile station after receiving the request from the communication device.