Patent ID: 8838169

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a user request from a mobile device to activate a virtual private branch exchange (PBX) account and to activate one or more virtual PBX services for the virtual PBX account on the mobile device in accordance with configuration data; in response to receiving the user request from the mobile device, activating the virtual PBX account and provisioning the mobile device with the one or more virtual PBX services, comprising configuring the one or more virtual PBX services based on the received configuration data, wherein activating the virtual PBX account comprises storing data associating the mobile device with an identifier for the virtual PBX account; and placing a confirmation communication to the mobile device from which the activation request was received using the one or more configured virtual PBX services as part of confirming successful activation of the virtual PBX account, comprising: identifying the identifier for the virtual PBX account associated with the mobile device, and placing a call to the mobile device from which the activation request was received.