Patent ID: 7356023

Claim:
A method of facilitating calls, the method comprising: storing, at a mediation server, first connection information and second connection information, the first connection information including a unique address for each of a first plurality of devices associated with a first managed Internet Protocol (IP) network and a first set of call receipt rules relating to calls placed to the first plurality of devices, and the second connection information including a unique address for each of a second plurality of devices associated with a second managed P network and a second set of call receipt rules relating to calls placed to the second plurality of devices; receiving a query at the mediation server from a device associated with the second managed IP network, the query relating to a device associated with the first managed IP network; and sending, in response to the query, the first connection information related to the device associated with the erst managed IP network from the mediation server to the device associated with the second managed IP network; wherein the first set of call receipt rules relates to a first format of IP data that is acceptable to the first plurality of devices; and wherein the second set of call receipt rules relates to a second format of IP data that is acceptable to the second plurality of devices.