Patent ID: 8295461

Claim:
A method for re-originating a call in a communication network, comprising: receiving a call setup message from a subscriber destined to a called endpoint of a called party, wherein the subscriber is a calling party and is subscribed to a re-originating calls service that is provided by the communication network; detecting the called endpoint as not having a network based voice mail service subscription; determining the called endpoint is specified in a call re-origination profile, wherein the call re-origination profile is configured by the subscriber; and in response to detecting the called endpoint as not having the network based voice mail service subscription and determining the called endpoint is specified in the call re-origination profile, re-originating the call setup message if a particular condition is returned by the called endpoint, wherein the call setup message is re-originated to the called party in accordance with the call re-origination profile for the particular condition for the called endpoint, wherein the re-originating comprises forwarding the call setup message to an alternative endpoint phone number as configured in the call re-origination profile.