Patent ID: 7260403

Claim:
In a system that includes a service control point that is operable to provide routing instructions for a plurality of subscriber terminals associated with a given subscriber, wherein each of the plurality of subscriber terminals has a subscriber address and associated call history including an associated call origination history comprising at least one indication of when a prior voice call was originated from its associated subscriber address, a method for carrying out a dynamic-routing service for routing voice calls to one of the plurality of subscriber addresses comprising, in combination: the service control point receiving a request for routing instructions for terminating a voice call to a called subscriber address of the plurality of subscriber addresses; the service control point selecting from the plurality of subscriber addresses a delivery address for terminating the voice call to, wherein the selection of the delivery address is based on the call histories, including at least the call origination histories, associated with the plurality of subscriber addresses; the service control point developing routing instructions for terminating the voice call to the delivery address; and the service control point providing, in reply to the request, the routing instructions for terminating the voice call to the delivery address.