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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Vonage America Inc., Holmdel, NJ (US);
Boaz Zehavi, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Soheil Karshenas Najafabadi, Kew Gardens, NY (US);
Jaya Meghani, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
VONAGE AMERICA INC., Homdel, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of operating an internet-based telephony system () comprises determining that a telephony device () associated with a customer has access to service to the internet-based telephony system (); and sending a location update signal to a public land mobile network () associated with the customer. The location update signal is configured to include an identification of the internet-based telephony system () as a network visited by the telephony device () associated with the customer. Upon the internet-based telephony system () receiving from the public land mobile network () an indication of an incoming communication directed to a called number associated with an account of the customer which includes the telephony device (), the method further includes the internet-based telephony system () providing the public land mobile network () with a roaming number for the telephony device, and upon receiving the incoming communication and the roaming number from the public land mobile network (), routing the communication through the Internet to a device included in the customer's account.