The number belongs to the line, but is used by the device for filtering
purposes.
This example also demonstrates a technique to stop a device from answering
incoming calls. In this example, the PC is not running any programs that will
answer incoming calls.
Let us assume now that the PC is running a program that answers
incoming calls. We have no means of stopping the program, but we don't want it
to answer any incoming calls. If we configure the PC to answer calls to 9999,
the PC will never answer a call since this number will never be offered.
In practise, if you don't configure a Called Party Number filter, a device
will not apply any filter on this information and answer the call provided it
passes any other configured filters.