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US 9,002,336 B2Granted
Systems and methods for terminating telephony communications to mobile telephony devices
OwnerGuy Fighelinventor
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Systems and methods for terminating telephony communications to a mobile telephony device that is roaming outside of its native service area make use of a forwarding termination service. The forwarding termination service causes the native mobile telephony service provider that provides service to the mobile telephony device to forward incoming telephony communications directed the native telephone number of the mobile telephony device to a forwarding access number. The forwarding termination service receives telephony communications directed to the forwarding access number, and then terminates the telephony communication to the mobile telephony device via any one of multiple different methods. The mobile telephony service provider can be instructed to implement and cancel call forwarding instructions by dialing a special character string on the mobile telephony device.
A method for causing a mobile telephony service provider to implement a forwarding feature for a telephony device which receives its native telephony service from the mobile telephony service provider, wherein implementing the forwarding feature results in the mobile telephony service provider forwarding telephony communications directed to a native identifier of the telephony device to a forwarding identifier, the method comprising:
A system for causing a mobile telephony service provider to implement a forwarding feature for a telephony device which receives its native telephony service from the mobile telephony service provider, wherein implementing the forwarding feature results in the mobile telephony service provider forwarding telephony communications directed to a native identifier of the telephony device to a forwarding identifier, the system comprising:
A system for causing a mobile telephony service provider to implement a forwarding feature for a telephony device which receives its native telephony service from the mobile telephony service provider, wherein implementing the forwarding feature results in the mobile telephony service provider forwarding telephony communications directed to a native identifier of the telephony device to a forwarding identifier, the system comprising:
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