Patent ID: 8917858

Claim:
A method for processing a network based fixed mobile convergence call request in a communication network, comprising: receiving, by a processor of a single hosted network based fixed mobile convergence application server, the network based fixed mobile convergence call request originating from an endpoint device; and processing, by the processor, the network based fixed mobile convergence call request, wherein the processing comprises: assigning a temporary internet protocol multimedia subsystem routing number to replace an original dialed number of the network based fixed mobile convergence call request; receiving a session initiation protocol invite message containing the temporary internet protocol multimedia subsystem routing number, wherein the temporary internet protocol multimedia subsystem routing number is used to route the session initiation protocol invite message containing the temporary internet protocol multimedia subsystem routing number to the single hosted network based fixed mobile convergence application server; and associating the received session initiation protocol invite message containing the temporary internet protocol multimedia subsystem routing number with the network based fixed mobile convergence call request.