Patent ID: 8107609

Claim:
A method of processing a call, the method comprising: receiving at a call processing system a first inbound call from a calling party intended for a first called party, wherein the first inbound call is associated with a first phone address of the calling party; enabling a first outbound call to be placed to a telephonic device associated with the first called party; enabling the calling party and the first called party to communicate via the first inbound call and the first outbound call; receiving a call re-origination request from the first called party prior to the termination of the first inbound call, wherein the re-origination request indicates a destination phone address different than the calling party's first phone address associated with the first inbound call; at least partly in response to receiving the call re-origination request from the first called party, enabling a second outbound call to be placed to a terminal associated with the calling party, wherein the terminal associated with the calling party is associated with the destination phone address; enabling the calling party and the first called party to communicate via the first outbound call and the second outbound call; storing the destination phone address associated with the call re-origination request in association with the calling party's first phone address associated with the first inbound call; receiving at the call processing system a second inbound call from the calling party for a second called party, wherein the second inbound call is associated with the first phone address; placing a third outbound call to a telephonic device associated with the second called party; providing the second called party with a call re-origination instruction wherein the call re-origination instruction identifies the stored destination phone address of the calling party; after receiving from the second called party a response to the call re-origination instruction, the response indicating that the calling party is to be called at the destination address, placing a fourth outbound call to the calling party to a destination corresponding to the stored destination phone address; and enabling the calling party and the second called party to communicate via the fourth outbound call and the third outbound call.