Patent ID: 8472603

Claim:
A method for managing, in a server of a communication system, an incoming phone call from a calling endpoint to a called endpoint device associated with a group of endpoints associated to a same user, said group comprising the called endpoint device and at least one monitoring endpoint, the called endpoint device and monitoring endpoint being implemented by either a software or hardware application, comprising: a) receiving a message from the called endpoint device reporting about the incoming phone call from the calling endpoint to the called endpoint device; b) identifying said group of endpoints associated with the called endpoint device based on said message; c) identifying the at least one monitoring endpoint associated with the group of endpoints identified in step b); and d) sending to the at least one monitoring endpoint identified in step c) a message notifying the incoming phone call from the calling endpoint to the called endpoint device, wherein the called endpoint device is adapted to report, through the server, the incoming phone call to the at least one monitoring endpoint, and wherein the monitoring endpoint is adapted to monitor the incoming phone call placed to the called endpoint device by a request to redirect said incoming phone call to either the monitoring endpoint or to another endpoint of the group.