Abstract: A telephone call processing system and method includes and involves a data storage sub-system for storing call routing and forwarding information, and a data processing and call switching system that is coupled to the data storage sub-system. The data processing and call switching system is operable to receive an instruction from a subscriber to a call forwarding service provided within the telephone call processing system to forward calls intended for the subscriber to a call termination location having a telephone system network address for a particular period of time, to store the network address in the data storage sub-system, to receive a call intended for the subscriber, to retrieve the network address from the data storage sub-system in response to the call, to route the call to the telephone system network address, and to initiate and route a notification call to the telephone system network address after the particular period of time expires.