摘要 |
A system and method allows re-use of the same terminating telephone number with multiple mobile telephones, as when a user of a disposable cell phone obtains another such phone and wants to keep the same number. A system for connecting an incoming call to a mobile telephone comprises a server platform connected to a public switch telephone network and to a mobile switching center of a mobile telephone network and operable to receive calls from the public switch telephone network and mobile telephones and operable to place calls to the public switch telephone network and to mobile telephones, the server platform comprising a server operable to receive a call from a newly activated mobile telephone, the call being a first call made from the mobile telephone, determine that the newly activated mobile telephone is newly activated, determine whether a user of the newly activated mobile telephone is a returning user of a previous mobile telephone, obtain from the user of the newly activated mobile telephone a telephone number of the previous mobile telephone, and assign the telephone number of the previous mobile telephone to the newly activated mobile telephone.
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