Patent ID: 8379814

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: providing table of principal directory numbers and directory numbers for communication devices connected to a communication network in a network node, wherein one or more directory numbers may be linked to a principal directory number; receiving a call to a principal directory number; determining if the principal directory number is linked to one or more directory numbers; if so, initiating a communication session to a communication device associated with the principal directory number and a initiating a communication session to one or more communication devices associated with the one or more directory numbers linked to the principal directory number by parking the call; if the call is answered by the communication device associated with the principal directory number first, connecting the call to that communication device and cancelling the communication session with the one or more communication devices associated with the one or more directory numbers; if the call is answered by one of the communication devices associated with the directory number first, completing the communication session by delivering the parked call and cancelling the communication session with the communication device associated with the primary directory number.