Dialling phone numbers
AssigneeSkype
InventorsRodrigo Madanes, Kristjan Jansen, Julie Mathilde Fournier
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for effecting a voice communication between user terminals connected via a communication network include displaying a menu of country options to a user and receiving a number in local form. Formatting rules are recalled for a destination country selected by the user from the country options. A country prefix for the destination country is prepended to the number in accordance with the formatting rules to generate a formatted number. The formatted number is supplied to a client installed at the user terminal for effecting the voice communication using the formatted number.
Claims20
A method for effecting a voice communication between a first user terminal and a second user terminal connected via a communication network, the method comprising:
- displaying a selectable icon of a default country and a number entry field in a user interface;
- receiving a number in local form at the first user terminal;
- responsive to a user input to change the default country to a destination country, displaying a list of countries, each country in the list comprising a display of a country icon;
- recalling a country prefix for the destination country selected by the user;
- prepending to the number the country prefix for the destination country to generate a formatted number;
- and
- displaying the formatted number to the user on the user interface for effecting the voice communication.
A device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a store storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations to:
- cause a selectable icon of a default country and a number entry field to be displayed in a user interface;
- receive a number in local form at the device;
- responsive to a user input to change the default country to a destination country, cause a list of countries to be displayed in the user interface, each country in the list comprising a display of a country icon;
- recall a country prefix for the destination country selected by the user;
- prepend to the number the country prefix for the destination country to generate a formatted number;
- and
- cause the formatted number to be displayed in the user interface for effecting a voice communication.
At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for operation of a computing system, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- display a selectable icon of a default country and a number entry d in a user interface;
- receive a number in local form at the computing system;
- responsive to a user input to change the default country to a destination country, display a list of countries, each country in the list comprising a display of a country icon;
- recall a country prefix for the destination country selected by the user;
- prepend to the number the country prefix for the destination country to generate a formatted number;
- and
- display the formatted number to the user on the user interface for effecting a voice communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.