Patent ID: 6967947

Claim:
A method of controlling PBX-like functionality at a mobile telecommunication location including a computer-based mobile device operating at a mobile telecommunication number for receiving information from a data network and including a display area, the computer-based mobile device not directly connected to a PBX switch, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing voice and data communication interconnections to voice and data networks at the mobile location; b) providing a remote office platform coupled between the mobile location and the PBX switch; c) authenticating, at the remote office platform, access to the PBX switch from the mobile location; d) in response to PBX-like commands received at the remote office platform from said mobile location, forwarding said commands to said PBX switch for call completion; e) in response to calls received at the PBX switch for an individual at said mobile location, sending said received calls to said remote office platform for forwarding to said mobile locations; f) enabling a soft phone graphical user interface at the computer-based mobile device; and g) configuring the soft phone graphical user interface to include the capability of updating the mobile telecommunication number so as to allow the individual to change the mobile telecommunication number used for communication with the remote office platform.