Telephone number grouping service for telephone service providers

A method for telephone service activity processing, comprising:

• registering at least two telephone numbers of a plurality of telephone numbers as grouped telephone numbers, the plurality of telephone numbers having been provisioned by a telephone service provider as each associated with a distinct physical telephone service user device of a grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices, the quantity of the plurality of telephone numbers being no greater than the quantity of the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices;
• receiving, from the telephone service provider, at least partial service control for telephone service activity with respect to the grouped telephone numbers;
• and
• processing the telephone service activity in accordance with a grouped telephone number call policy that governs telephone calls to and from the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices such that outgoing service activity appears to originate from a single telephone number of the grouped telephone numbers and incoming service activity directed to a specified telephone number of the grouped telephone numbers is forwarded to one or more associated physical telephone service user devices independent of the specified telephone number of the grouped telephone numbers, wherein the grouped telephone number call policy is capable of causing activation of multiple of the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices responsive to incoming service activity and is capable of designating each of the grouped telephone numbers associated with the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices as the specified telephone number.

A system for telephone service activity processing, comprising:

• a user interface component configured at least to register at least two telephone numbers of a plurality of telephone numbers as grouped telephone numbers, the plurality of telephone numbers having been provisioned by a telephone service provider as each associated with a distinct physical telephone service user device of a grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices, the quantity of the plurality of telephone numbers being no greater than the quantity of the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices;
• a telephone service provider interface component configured at least to receive, from the telephone service provider, at least partial service control for telephone service activity with respect to the grouped telephone numbers;
• and
• a telephone service activity handling component configured at least to process the telephone service activity in accordance with a grouped telephone number call policy that governs telephone calls to and from the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices such that outgoing service activity appears to originate from a single telephone number of the grouped telephone numbers and incoming service activity directed to a specified telephone number of the grouped telephone numbers is forwarded to one or more associated physical telephone service user devices independent of the specified telephone number of the grouped telephone numbers, wherein the grouped telephone number call policy is capable of causing activation of multiple of the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices responsive to incoming service activity and is capable of designating each of the grouped telephone numbers associated with the grouped plurality of physical telephone service user devices as the specified telephone number.