Patent ID: 8825017

Claim:
A method in a data processing system for placing a telephone call, comprising: controlling a mobile communication device to perform the steps of: receiving a destination phone number to call; automatically sending a request for a substitute termination phone number over a data network in response to receiving the destination phone number; receiving the requested substitute termination phone number over the data network; calling the substitute termination phone number over a telephone network; receiving over the telephone network, via the call to the substitute termination phone number, an indication of a progress of a call from a bridge to the destination phone number after calling the substitute termination phone number over the telephone network but prior to the call to the substitute termination phone number being answered; and connecting to the destination phone number by bridging the call to the substitute termination phone number over the telephone network with the call from the bridge to the destination phone number when the call to the destination phone number is answered.