Patent ID: 7555107

Claim:
A method for emulating a home telecommunications environment for a user associated with said home telecommunications environment, the home telecommunications environment comprising a home telecommunications network, the user located at a remote telecommunications device, the remote telecommunications device associated with a different telecommunications network than said home telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from the user to initiate emulation of the home telecommunications environment; receiving authentication information from the user indicating the user's association with the home telecommunications environment; determining the home telecommunications network which is associated with the given home telecommunications environment; instructing the telecommunications network associated with the remote telecommunications device to process signaling information associated with the user's use of the remote telecommunications device based on the determined home telecommunications network, thereby emulating the home telecommunications environment for the user; redirecting incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment to the remote telecommunications device; and blocking incoming calls directed to the remote telecommunications device except for said incoming calls directed to the user within said home telecommunications environment.