Patent ID: 8571474

Claim:
A method of routing a communication, the method comprising: a caller device transmitting, to a host carrier, a request to transmit a communication from the caller device to a mobile receiving device using a wireless mobile telecommunication network that includes a wireless transmission tower configured to communicate with the receiving device; and in response to receiving a notification that the communication cannot be routed to the receiving device via the wireless mobile telecommunication network, the caller device transmitting an instruction to the host carrier to: identify a plurality of alternate telecommunication devices that are configured for short range wireless transmission and are available for receiving a re-route of the communication, request that each of the alternate telecommunication devices scan for the presence of the receiving device within range of the short range wireless transmission, identify a priority of contacts policy established by preferences of a user of the caller device that indicates a first one of the alternate telecommunication devices that has a higher priority than remaining ones of the alternate telecommunication devices to communicate with the receiving device by the short range wireless transmission, and in response to identifying the first one of the alternate telecommunication devices, transmit the communication from the caller device to the receiving device via the first one of the alternate telecommunication devices using the short range wireless transmission.