Method, system and apparatus for intelligently handling a request for a communication session

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving, at a processing time, a request for a communication session, said request comprising a destination network identifier, said destination network identifier having been registered in association with a plurality of communication clients;
• said request having been originated by an originating party associated with an originating identifier;
• means for identifying, based on at least one of said originating identifier and said processing time, a subset of said plurality of communication clients;
• means for delivering said request to said subset of said plurality of communication clients.

A system comprising:

• a network element operable to
• receive, at a processing time, a request for a communication session, said request comprising a destination network identifier, said destination network identifier having been registered in association with a plurality of communication clients;
• said request having been originated by an originating party associated with an originating identifier;
• identify, based on at least one of said originating identifier and said processing time, a subset of said plurality of communication clients;
• deliver said request to said subset of said plurality of communication clients.

A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable program code which, when executed by a computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to:

• receive, at a processing time, a request for a communication session, said request comprising a destination network identifier, said destination network identifier having been registered in association with a plurality of communication clients;
• said request having been originated by an originating party associated with an originating identifier;
• identify, based on at least one of said originating identifier and said processing time, a subset of said plurality of communication clients;
• deliver said request to said subset of said plurality of communication clients.