Patent ID: 8594295

Claim:
A method for making telephone calls comprising: a server receiving a request from a calling party to call a called party, the request identifying an e-mail address of the called party; the server determining whether the called party is registered with a one number service hosted by the server: upon a determination that the called party is not registered with the service, an invitation to register with the service being sent to the e-mail address of the called party; the server receiving a response to the invitation to register with the server to utilize the service hosted by the server; the server associating the e-mail address with a first telephone number upon receipt of the response to the invitation; the server associating at least one second telephone number with the e-mail address and the first telephone number; the server allowing telephone calls to the first telephone number upon receipt of information from the calling party that indicates the e-mail address was selected for initiating a telephone call by the calling party after the called party is registered with the server; and upon a determination that the called party is registered with the service hosted by the server, the server establishing a telephone call to the called party via the first telephone number based upon the e-mail address identified in the received request.