Patent ID: 6856678

Claim:
A method for updating call redirection destinations in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: storing, in a memory associated with a first subscriber terminal, both a call redirection destination, which has been changed by a user entry at the first subscriber terminal, and a point of origin of a call redirection as call redirection information for a second subscriber terminal which forms the point of origin of the call redirection; sending the stored call redirection information to a control unit associated with the second subscriber terminal; checking, via the control unit, whether a call redirection indicated by the call redirection information has been set up; storing the call redirection information in a memory associated with the second subscriber terminal and setting up the call redirection based on a result of the step of checking; and operating the first subscriber terminal in a stand-in mode, wherein once a stand-in destination selected for the first subscriber terminal has been entered, messages containing updated call redirection information are sent to the second subscriber terminal which had previously been set up as the point of origin of the call redirection to the first subscriber terminal.