Patent ID: 8923500

Claim:
A method of operating a communication network, comprising: detecting a first call to a primary directory number associated with an analog phone line; forwarding the first call to an application server by forwarding the first call to a voice over network number associated with the analog phone line; generating a second call from the application server to a secondary directory number associated with the analog phone line; detecting a communication path completion to the analog phone line; and bridging the first call and the second call responsive to the detecting of the communication path completion; wherein the generating of the second call from the application server to the secondary directory number comprises: sending a query to a signal control point to determine how to process the second call; determining at the signal control point that calls to the secondary directory number are terminated at the analog phone line associated with the secondary directory number; and terminating the second call to the analog phone line associated with the primary and secondary directory numbers responsive to the determining that calls to the second directory number are terminated at the analog phone line associated with the secondary directory number; wherein the forwarding of the first call to the application server comprises: routing the first call to the application server without power ringing the analog phone line associated with the primary and secondary directory numbers; wherein the generating of the second call from the application server to the secondary directory number comprises: power ringing the analog phone line associated with the primary and secondary directory numbers.