Patent ID: 7764777

Claim:
A method performed by a web-enabled processing system connected to operate at least in part with a communication network comprising edge switches for routing calls from and to subscribers within a local geographic area and switching facilities for routing calls to other edge switches or other switching facilities local or in other geographic areas, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a call in response to a calling party entering a first number, using a communications device, intended for a subscriber, the web-enabled processing system coupled to at least one switching facility of the communication network, the web-enabled processing system processing the call pursuant to at least one calling feature designated by said subscriber, where the at least one calling feature had previously been communicated to the web-enabled processing system by said subscriber via the internet; placing at least two calls simultaneously to at least two different communications devices designated by the subscriber; detecting that the call has been answered at one of the communications devices; and in response to the detecting, abandoning other calls to the remaining one or more communications devices and establishing a connection between the calling party's communications device and the answered communications device.