Forwarding one or more preferences during call forwarding

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, which when executed, is operable to:

• receive an incoming call intended for a user at a routing entity, the incoming call being directed to a first telephone device associated with the user;
• and
• route the incoming call to a second telephone device associated with a different user along with a call control message which includes information that enables the second telephone device to apply one or more call alerting preferences stored in a memory of the user to the incoming call, the one or more call alerting preferences including a specific ring tone, application of the one or more call alerting preferences causing the specific ring tone to be used at the second endpoint device to alert of the incoming call.

A system comprising:

• a memory that stores one or more call alerting preferences of a user, the one or more call alerting preferences including a specific ring tone;
• means for receiving a request from the user to forward calls for a first endpoint device associated with the user to a second endpoint device associated with a different user, means for accessing one or more call alerting preferences of the user, and means for communicating the one or more call alerting preferences to the second endpoint device to apply the one or more call alerting preferences at the second endpoint device to calls intended for the user that have been forwarded to the second endpoint device.