Using consultation call to transfer call across endpoints

A first electronic computing device that is configured to run a communications application, the first electronic computing device comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• and
• a processing unit that executes computer readable instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium to create:
• a user interface module that controls a user interface at the first electronic device;
• and
• a business logic module, the business logic module implementing communication functions for the communications application, the business logic module further comprising:
• a call manager that processes requests to establish a telephone call connection from the first electronic computing device to a second electronic computing device;
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• a services manager that processes requests to transfer the telephone call established at the first electronic computing device to a mobile phone, the first electronic device and the mobile phone having the same user, the telephone call being transferred using a consultation transfer call protocol that transfers the telephone call from the first electronic computing device to the mobile phone without putting the telephone call on hold, the service manager maintaining continuity of the telephone call on the first electronic device while the telephone call is being transferred, the first electronic computing device and the mobile phone being user devices of the same user, the telephone call being transferred from the first electronic computing device to the mobile phone as a result using the consultation transfer call protocol without use of an anchor server computer acting as a dedicated server computer that provides a fixed connection to a remote party in which a telephone call to the remote party can be switched from one user device to another user device.

A computer readable storage memory comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing unit of a client computer, cause the processing unit to:

• establish a connection for a telephone call between the client computer and a first electronic device, the client computer displaying status information about the telephone call on a display device;
• send a request to a first server computer to transfer the telephone call from the client computer to a mobile phone, the request initiating a consultation call to the mobile phone, the client computer and the mobile phone having the same user, the request causing a connection to be established between the client computer and the mobile phone while maintaining the connection between the client computer and the first electronic device and without putting the first electronic device on hold while the connection is established, the client computer and the first electronic device being user devices of the same user, the connection between the client computer and the first electronic device being established as a result of the consultation call without use of an anchor server computer acting as a dedicated server computer that provides a fixed connection to a remote party in which a telephone call to the remote party can be switched from one user device to another user device;
• receive a response from the first server computer that the mobile phone has accepted the telephone call;
• replace the client computer with the mobile phone as a party in the telephone call with the first electronic device, continuity of the telephone call being maintained at the first electronic device during the time that the client computer is replaced with the mobile phone;
• terminate the telephone call at the client computer;
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• update a history log on the client computer, the history log storing communication related actions including the request to establish the telephone call, the transfer of the telephone call from the client computer to the mobile phone and the termination of the telephone call at the client computer.