Patent ID: 7336778

Claim:
A method for routing calls, the method comprising: receiving a request to establish a call from a first terminal to a subscriber identity; retrieving from a subscriber information store a set of weighting parameters for the subscriber identity, wherein each of a plurality of terminals that is associated with the subscriber is additionally associated with at least one of the weighting parameters of the set of weighting parameters; determining an order in which to route the call to the plurality of terminals based on the set of weighting parameters; and routing the call to the plurality of terminals according to the order until the call is terminated or is answered by one of the plurality of terminals, wherein each of the terminals that is associated with the subscriber is additionally associated with at least one weighting parameter in correspondence with another item of data, wherein the item of data represents a type of call, and wherein the calls are routed in a communication system, and the communication system includes a network and the plurality of terminals associated with a single subscriber identity.