Patent ID: 8923812

Claim:
A processor implemented method for configuring a phone device for use on a synthetic communication network, comprising: receiving a request to add a phone device to a synthetic communication network; obtaining an unconfirmed phone number associated with the request; transmitting a verification message from the phone device through a data channel within a voice network, the message addressed for delivery to the unconfirmed phone number; receiving the verification message by the phone device through the data channel within the voice network, the verification message confirming the unconfirmed phone number; responsive to receiving the verification message, authorizing the phone device to communicate data over the synthetic communication network using the confirmed phone number; identifying a plurality of phone numbers in a directory stored on the phone device, each of the identified phone numbers corresponding to both a provisioned telephone number on the voice network and to a phone device authorized to communicate data over the synthetic communication network; and synchronizing the identified phone numbers with corresponding entries in a synthetic communication client on the phone device.