Patent ID: 8731532

Claim:
A method, comprising: assigning a first and second hybrid endpoint identifier to a communications device, the communications device having a device telephone number and being capable of identifying a first and a second recipient inbox at the device telephone number based on a first and second recipient identifier, respectively, the first hybrid endpoint identifier comprising the first recipient identifier appended to the device telephone number, and the second hybrid endpoint identifier comprising the second recipient identifier appended to the device telephone number, the first hybrid endpoint identifier allowing delivery of a first communication to the first recipient inbox at the communications device via a telephony network, and the second hybrid endpoint identifier allowing delivery of a second communication to the second recipient inbox at the communications device via the telephony network; storing the first and second hybrid endpoint identifiers in a user record which resides in a data store; receiving the first communication and the first hybrid endpoint identifier from a sender for the first recipient inbox; and transmitting the first communication to the communications device via the telephony network using the device telephone number, the first communication including the first recipient identifier to allow the communications device to identify the first recipient inbox for routing the first communication to the first recipient inbox.