Patent ID: 7227853

Claim:
A method for enlisting one or more end users in a network environment in which delivery of one or more features occurs, comprising: enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with network communications; generating a bill associated with one or more of the end users, the bill being based on the billing plan; and facilitating network communications for one or more of the end users in response to the end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications is facilitated by: 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.