A contact number encapsulation system is disclosed that is operable to
consolidate a plurality of contact numbers associated with a given user
into a single contact number. The system includes a call processing
application that uses information contained in a SIP message header to
determine a list of contact numbers to call. The SIP message header
contains a call destination indication that is used by the call
processing application to retrieve the list of contact numbers. The list
of contact numbers is user defined and may be updated or modified by an
account holder at any given time. Once the list of contact numbers is
obtained, a simultaneous call module is used to simultaneously call each
number contained in the list. As such, the account holder only needs to
provide the primary contact number to individuals desiring to reach
him/her instead of various numbers that are associated with various
locations the account holder may be located.