Patent ID: 8583105

Claim:
A method for implementing extensions for a cordless telephone system, the method comprising: displaying, on each of a plurality of handsets and a base station in the cordless telephone system, a menu configured to receive user input for setting a configuration for routing incoming communications of the cordless telephone system to one or more of the plurality of handsets in response to an identifier of a caller and user preferences; receiving the user input and user preferences through the menu, wherein the user preferences indicate a number of rings for the plurality of handsets in response to the identifier and an order in which the plurality of handsets are to ring in response to the identifier; associating the identifier of the caller with the one or more of the plurality of handsets based on the user input, wherein the user input and user preferences are automatically synchronized between the plurality of handsets and the base station in response to the user input being received, and wherein the plurality of handsets wirelessly communicate through the base station associated utilizing a single phone number; and routing a call to the one or more of the plurality of handsets and ringing the one or more of the handsets with the number of rings and in the order in which the plurality of handsets are to ring, according to the user preferences and in response to determining the identifier is associated with the call.