Disaster plan implementation for a unified communications network

Abstract

A method for rerouting communication in a unified communications network. The method comprises: receiving, at a disaster plan server, a mapping of an original telephony number to a substitute telephony number; storing, at the disaster plan server, the mapping between the original telephony number and the substitute telephone number as part of a disaster plan; receiving, at a disaster plan server, a request to activate the disaster plan; transmitting, from the disaster plan server to a routing server, a message to activate the disaster plan based on receiving the request to activate the disaster plan; revising, at the routing server, routing details to the original telephony number based on the disaster plan; and routing, at a session border controller, a call to the original telephony number to a new destination based on the revised routing details associated with the disaster plan.

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