The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Vonage Holdings a second
patent for virtual telephone numbers. Vonage's first patent involving virtual
phone numbers—No. 7,386,111—was granted on June 10, 2008.
Virtual phone numbers allow people outside a Vonage customer's local calling
area to call for the price of a local call, allowing customers to establish a
"virtual" presence. Vonage offers virtual phone numbers across the United
States, Canada
and the United Kingdom,
and in more than 14 other countries.
The new patent (No. 7,680,262) is titled "Method and Apparatus for Placing
a Long Distance Call Based on a Virtual Phone Number."
"We continue to drive innovation that translates into unique products and
services for our customers," Nick Lazzaro, senior vice president of
product development and information technology, said in a statement. "This
breakthrough takes advantage of our Session Initiation Protocol-based network
and enables our customers to save significantly when they communicate with
their friends and families across the country or around the world."
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