Patent ID: 8270958

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processing element to: determine that a mobile terminal, associated with a user, is not present at a first location, the processing element, when determining that the mobile terminal is not present at the first location being further to: receive, from a local connection point, associated with the first location, and through a wide-area network connecting the local connection point to the apparatus, an indication that the mobile terminal is not detected at the first location, the local connection point sending the indication based on not receiving, through a local wireless connection, a presence signal from a device associated with the mobile terminal, receive, from a network element that differs from the local connection point, location information associated with the mobile terminal, the network element deriving the location information from location signals associated with the mobile terminal, the location signals including at least one of Global Positioning System signals or terrestrial communication signals, process the location information to identify a particular location associated with the mobile terminal, and determine that the mobile terminal is not at the first location based on receiving the indication and when the particular location, associated with the mobile terminal, is more than a threshold distance from the first location, access, based on receiving the signal that the mobile terminal is not present at the first location, at least one forwarding instruction, and redirect, to the mobile terminal and according to the at least one forwarding instruction, a communication intended for a communications terminal associated with the user, the communications terminal being located at the first location.