Patent ID: 7289618

Claim:
A method for performing external call forwarding between an Internet and a telephone network, comprising: receiving one call selected from among a first incoming call and a second incoming call, the first incoming call being initially directed to the Internet, the second incoming call being initially directed to a telephone network, said receiving of the first and second incoming calls being performed by a Web-phone system connected to the Internet and to the telephone network; and forwarding the received incoming call to one network selected from among the Internet and the telephone network; said method further comprising the steps of: determining whether the received incoming call is to be forwarded; when it is determined that the received incoming call is to be forwarded, requesting and receiving a telephone number of a called party from a calling party, said received telephone number of the called party not having been included in the incoming call; and when it is determined that the received incoming call is not to be forwarded, proceeding with a standard call.