Computer-based telephone call management

1. A system comprising:

a first telephone;

a plurality of other telephones associated with the first telephone, the first telephone capable of managing separate telephone calls simultaneously conducted by the first telephone and the plurality of other telephones associated with the first telephone; and

a computing device coupled to the first telephone, the computing device to determine a telephone call received by the first telephone from a first one of the plurality of other telephones is intended for a second one of the plurality of other telephones based on user-specified rules comprising rules associated with telephone call signals to be received by the first telephone and rules associated with telephone call signals to be sent from the plurality of telephones and to selectively route telephone call signals of the telephone call received by the first telephone and intended for the second one of the plurality of other telephones to the first telephone and the plurality of other telephones based on user-specified rules, wherein the first telephone is to receive the telephone call and to transmit the telephone call signals to the computing device before the computing device selectively routes the telephone call signals to the first telephone.

2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the computing device is to receive the telephone call signals from a computer network.

3. A system according to claim 1 , the computing device to present a user interface for defining the user-specified rules.

4. A system according to claim 1 , the user-specified rules comprising rules associated with telephone call signals to be received by the first telephone.

5. A system according to claim 1 , the telephone call signals to be received from the plurality of telephones.

6. A method, the method comprising:

receiving a telephone call by a first telephone from a first one of a plurality of other telephones associated with the first telephone, the first telephone capable of managing separate telephone calls simultaneously conducted by the first telephone and the plurality of other telephones;

determining, by a computing device coupled to the first telephone, that the telephone call is intended for a second one of the plurality of other telephones based on user-specified rules;

selectively routing telephone call signals by the computing device to the first telephone based on user-specified rules comprising rules associated with telephone call signals to be received by the first telephone and rules associated with telephone call signals to be sent from the plurality of other telephones, wherein the telephone call signals are received from the first telephone before the computing device selectively routes the telephone call signals to the first telephone; and

routing the telephone signals from the first telephone to the second one of the plurality of telephones.

7. A method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving the telephone call signals from a computer network.

8. A method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

presenting a user interface for defining the user-specified rules.

9. A method according to claim 6 , wherein the user-specified rules are associated with telephone call signals to be received by the first telephone.

10. A method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving the telephone call signals from the another one of the plurality of telephones associated with the first telephone.