Patent ID: 7308255

Claim:
In a gateway for a telephone network that comprises multiple individually addressable telephone lines and at least one telephone connected to at least one of the individually addressable telephone lines, a method of routing one or more calls, inbound to one or more mobile phones connected to the gateway, to any of the individually addressable telephone lines such that any of the individually addressable telephone lines can be used to receive the one or more calls inbound to the one or more mobile phones, the method comprising acts of: the gateway receiving an inbound call addressed to a mobile phone connected to the gateway, the inbound call being received by the gateway through the connected mobile phone; the gateway applying one or more routing rules to the inbound call for identifying one or more of the individually addressable telephone lines through which the inbound call should be routed; and connecting the inbound call to the one or more of the individually addressable telephone lines identified by the routing rules.