Patent ID: 7970392

Claim:
A method of call forwarding a call originally placed to a mobile telephone number of a mobile telephone to a landline telephone number of a landline telephone, wherein the call is routed through a telephone network by a service provider, the method comprising: (a) before the call is placed to the mobile telephone number, receiving from the landline telephone to which the call is to be forwarded, a set-up telephone call directed to a predetermined number while the mobile telephone is at a forwarding location and is powered on; (b) upon receiving the set-up telephone call, determining the forwarding location using a mobile location technology capable of locating the mobile telephone using service provider equipment; (c) associating in a database the determined forwarding location with the landline telephone number; (d) determining a current mobile telephone location of the mobile telephone by the mobile location technology; (e) comparing the current mobile telephone location to the determined forwarding location in the database; and (f) if the current mobile telephone location is approximately the determined forwarding location, then forwarding the call originally placed to the mobile telephone number to the landline telephone number using the service provider network.