Patent ID: 8879707

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a telephone number R from one of (i) a first telecommunications terminal and (ii) a second telecommunications terminal; uniquely associating the telephone number R to a corresponding telecommunications feature by use of a telephone number R to telecommunications feature mapping, wherein the corresponding telecommunications feature is one of a plurality of telecommunications features; setting a flag for the telecommunications feature for the other one of (i) the first telecommunications terminal and (ii) the second telecommunications terminal; wherein the first telecommunications terminal's telephone number T1 exists within the address space of the Public Switched Telephone Network; and wherein the second telecommunications terminal's telephone number T2 exists within the address space of a private branch exchange telephone system; and wherein the first telecommunications terminal's telephone number T1 is coupled with the second telecommunications terminal's telephone number T2; and wherein the telephone number R is different from the first telecommunications terminal's telephone number T1 and the second telecommunications terminal's telephone number T2.