Patent ID: 7945242

Claim:
A method comprising: defining a virtual network, based on an existing telephony network, having an identity distinct from an existing network identity; determining whether a first user is a user of the virtual network; if the user is a user of the virtual network, and without charging a first user, receiving a request, originated from a first communication device operated by the first user and over the existing telephony network, for a first communication between the first communication device and a second communication device; if the user is a user of the virtual network, and without allowing the first communication to connect completely to the second communication device, causing a notification to be transmitted to the second communication device, wherein the notification is a missed call indicator and includes information sufficient to allow a user of the second communication device to request a second communication connection with the first communication device, and automatically disconnecting the request for the first communication; and allowing the user of the second communication device to request the second communication after the request for the first communication is disconnected.