Patent ID: 8149785

Claim:
A method for jumping a call between modes of a same device, the method comprising: at a voice over IP application server: (a) establishing a call between a first mode of a calling device and a called device; (b) receiving an indication to jump the call to a second mode of the calling device; and (c) in response to the indication, jumping the call to the second mode of the calling device such that the call continues between the second mode of the calling device and the called device, wherein the second mode of the calling device functions as a remote phone for the calling device to allow access to features provided to the first mode of the calling device, wherein functioning as a remote phone includes providing at least one service feature associated with the first mode to the calling device when the calling device is communicating via the second mode and not simultaneously communicating via the first mode such that the second mode of the calling device can access the at least one service feature of the first mode of the calling device without the calling device simultaneously communicating via the first mode.