SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTED TO A TELEPHONY DEVICE

摘要

Systems and methods for terminating telephony communications to a mobile telephony device via a data network make use of a forwarding termination service. The forwarding termination service causes a native mobile telephony service provider that provides service to the mobile telephony device to forward incoming telephony communications directed the native telephone number of the mobile telephony device to a forwarding access number. The forwarding termination service receives telephony communications directed to the forwarding access number, and then terminates the telephony communications to the mobile telephony device via any one of multiple different methods. The mobile telephony service provider can be instructed to implement and cancel call forwarding instructions by a forwarding agent that is separate from the forwarding termination service.

主权项

1. A method of handling an incoming telephony communication that is directed to a native identifier assigned to a telephony device by a first telephony service provider that provides the telephony device with its native telephony service, the method being performed by one or more processors of a second Internet protocol (IP) based telephony service provider, the method comprising:
receiving an incoming telephony communication that was originally directed to the native identifier but which has been forwarded to a forwarding identifier; and terminating the telephony communication based on at least one of predetermined termination instructions, and input that has been received from the telephony device.