Patent ID: 8189570

Claim:
A system for processing calls to a Voice over IP (VoIP) or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) device, comprising: a call redirect component provisioned with a called party's Email address and a called party's VoIP or SIP device address; and call redirect service logic operatively associated with the call redirect component to update a Domain Name System (DNS) system with the called party's Email address having a VoIP prefix and an address associated with the call redirect service logic, the call redirect service logic operative to redirect a call associated with the called party's Email address to the called party's VoIP or SIP device address; wherein the call redirect component and the call redirect service logic are operatively associated with a web portal of the called party's Email service provider; wherein the call redirect component examines a call processing message from a calling party's VoIP or SIP device, and determines whether the called party's VoIP or SIP device address is subscribed to a VoIP call redirect service from a data field at the web portal of the called party's Email service provider; and wherein the redirect service logic redirects the call to the called party's VoIP or SIP device address by indicating the called party's VoIP or SIP device address to the calling party's VoIP or SIP device to connect the call by providing the call processing message to a VoIP service provider of a called party's VoIP or SIP device.