Patent ID: 8107603

Claim:
A system, comprising: a terminal connected with an Internet-based communication network, wherein said terminal includes a web browser configured to generate a web browser based control panel on said terminal operable to allow a user to correlate a plurality of contact numbers with a primary contact number assigned to said user, wherein said web browser based control panel is operable to allow said user to temporarily activate and deactivate contact numbers contained in said plurality of contact numbers by way of a selection item thereby designating said contact numbers as either an activated contact number or a deactivated contact number; a database for storing said plurality of contact numbers correlated with said primary contact number; a call routing server connected with said Internet-based communication network operable to receive an incoming call from a calling terminal designating said primary contact number, wherein said incoming call is received by said call routing server via said Internet-based communication network; a call processing server in communication with said call routing server via said Internet-based communication network configured to receive said incoming call from said calling terminal designating said primary contact number via said call routing server; a lookup application associated with said call processing server configured to query said database to retrieve contact numbers from said plurality of contact numbers as a function of said primary contact number; a calling application associated with said call processing server configured to simultaneously ring a plurality of call reception terminals that are each associated with a respective one of said activated contact numbers when a call is made to said primary contact number, wherein said calling application simultaneously rings said activated contact numbers by generating calls sent out via said Internet-based communication network to at least a public switched communication network, a wireless communication network and one or more VoIP terminals; and a connection application associated with said call processing server for establishing a communication session between said calling terminal and a respective one of said plurality of call reception terminals if said user accepts said call on said respective one of said plurality of call reception terminals.