Systems and methods for terminating telephony communications to mobile telephony devices

A method performed by a telephony device for facilitating the termination of telephony communications to the telephony device, the telephony device being assigned a native identifier and being associated with a native telephony service provider, the method comprising:

• receiving at the telephony device, a message from a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) telephony service provider, the message indicating that forwarding termination procedures are to be implemented;
• and
• sending, from the telephony device to a forwarding agent, a request that results in the native telephony service provider forwarding incoming telephony communications directed to the native identifier to a forwarding identifier.

A system resident on a telephony device for facilitating the termination of telephony communications to the telephony device, the telephony device being assigned a native identifier and being associated with a native telephony service provider, the system comprising:

• means for sending, from the telephony device to a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) telephony service provider, a request to implement forwarding termination procedures;
• and
• means for sending, from the telephony device to a forwarding agent, a request that results in the native telephony service provider forwarding incoming telephony communications directed to the native identifier to a forwarding identifier.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon which, when performed by one or more processors of a telephony device, cause the processors to perform a method of facilitating the termination of telephony communications to the telephony device, the telephony device being assigned a native identifier and being associated with a native telephony service provider, the method comprising:

• sending, from the telephony device to a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) telephony service provider, a request to implement forwarding termination procedures;
• and
• sending, from the telephony device to a forwarding agent, a request that results in the native telephony service provider forwarding incoming telephony communications directed to the native identifier to a forwarding identifier.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon which, when performed by one or more processors of a telephony device, cause the processors to perform a method of facilitating the termination of telephony communications to the telephony device, the telephony device being assigned a native identifier and being associated with a native telephony service provider, the method comprising:

• receiving at the telephony device, a message from a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) telephony service provider, the message indicating that forwarding termination procedures are to be implemented;
• and
• sending, from the telephony device to a forwarding agent, a request that results in the native telephony service provider forwarding incoming telephony communications directed to the native identifier to a forwarding identifier.