User-configurable call answering/redirection mechanism

A reachability server for handling a call setup request from an A party to a B party, the reachability server comprising:

• a database for maintaining, for the B party:
• multiple simultaneous caller groups, each caller group comprising one or more members;
• multiple simultaneous profiles;
• multiple simultaneous redirection settings;
• and
• multiple simultaneous associations of a caller group, a profile and a redirection setting;
• input means for receiving an indication of a current profile of the B party each time the reachability of the B party changes;
• caller identifying means for determining the A party's identity based on the call setup request;
• caller group determining means for determining one of the multiple simultaneous caller groups based on the determined A party's identity;
• associations determining means for determining one of the multiple associations that corresponds to the determined caller group and the current profile of the B party;
• and
• call processing means for processing the call setup request according to the redirection setting of the determined association.