Low cost migration to a VoIP system

A method of telephone call management in a facility including an intranet and a gateway to the intranet, the method including the steps of:

• receiving an incoming telephone call;
• automatically transferring the incoming call to an intended recipient device without going through the intranet gateway;
• if the recipient device does not answer the incoming call, automatically transferring the incoming unanswered call to a call recordation arrangement;
• intercepting the incoming unanswered call and automatically transferring the incoming unanswered call to the intranet gateway;
• if the intended recipient is logged on to the intranet or is otherwise accessible on a network accessible via the gateway, the intranet gateway determining the location of the intended recipient and automatically transferring the incoming unanswered call to the intended recipient;
• but
• if the intended recipient is inaccessible, automatically causing the intranet gateway to transfer the incoming unanswered call to a call recordation system.

A method of telephone call management in a facility including an intranet and a gateway to the intranet, the method including the steps of:

• receiving an incoming telephone call;
• automatically transferring the incoming call to an intended recipient device without going through the intranet gateway;
• if the recipient device does not answer the incoming call, automatically transferring the incoming unanswered call to a call recordation arrangement;
• intercepting the incoming unanswered call and automatically transferring the incoming unanswered call to the intranet gateway;
• if the intended recipient is logged on to the intranet or is otherwise accessible on a network accessible via the gateway, the intranet gateway determining the location of the intended recipient and automatically transferring the incoming unanswered call to a physically proximate recipient device based on information indicative of the physical location of a connection with said proximate recipient device;
• but if the intended recipient is inaccessible, automatically causing the intranet gateway to transfer the incoming unanswered call to a call recordation system.