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US 10,567,443 B1Granted
Dialing approach and implementations therefor
Assignee8x8, Inc.
InventorMarc Petit-Huguenin
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Abstract
A connection procedure for communications devices is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, the procedure uses a first set of connection data for attempting to connect and upon failure to connect uses a second set of connection information in addition to the first set of connection information to attempt a connection. In another embodiment, a delay is implemented before transmitting the connection information and a subsequent delay is implemented to allow for additional connection information to be input and transmitted.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface circuit configured and arranged to receive input data from a user;
- a communications facility interface circuit configured and arranged to establish a connection between a communications device and a destination device, by:
- generating a connection request including a first set of telephony identifier signals based on the input data, the first set of telephony identifier signals including a destination address for the connection request:
- transmitting the connection request to a communications facility;
- receiving, from the communications facility, status signals that indicate whether a connection has been established to the communications device identified by the destination address;
- responsive to receipt of the status signals, operating with the user interface circuit to obtain additional input data from the user, the status signals indicative of a comparison of the input data and known destination addresses;
- generating a new connection request, using a recorded second set of telephony identifier signals from a memory circuit, the new connection request including the first set of telephony identifier signals and the second set of telephony identifier signals that are based on the additional input data;
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- attempt to establish communications to the communication device by transmitting the new connection request to the communications facility;
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- the memory circuit configured and arranged with the user interface circuit to record a first set of connection information that includes the input data, and a second set of connection information that includes both the additional input data and the input data.
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A method comprising, at a communication device that communicates voice data using an internet protocol:
- transmitting a first set of connection information that has a destination address for a first connection request, the destination address represented by a first set of telephony identifier signals received via user input, to a communications facility;
- comparing the first set of connection information to a data table of known destination addresses;
- in response to receiving from the communications facility, status signals corresponding to the first set of connection information and indicative of the comparison of the first set of connection information and the known destination addresses, determining whether to establish communications between the communication device and a second voice communication device;
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- in response to receipt of the status signals and to receiving a second set of telephony identifier signals, transmitting a second set of connection information that has a second destination address for a second connection request that is represented by the second set of telephony identifier signals and the first set of telephony identifier signals, to the communications facility.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface circuit configured and arranged to receive manually input data signals;
- a memory configured and arranged with the user interface circuit to record the manually input data signals including a first set of connection information corresponding to a first set of manually input data signals, and a second set of connection information that corresponds to both a second set of manually input data signals and the first set of manually input data signals;
- a communications facility interface circuit configured and arranged to send the first set of connection information to a communications facility in a format that includes the first set of manually input data signals as a telephone number for connection to a communication device and to receive status signals from the communications facility indicating whether or not a connection has been made with the communication device;
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- a circuit arrangement configured and arranged to:
- send the first set of manually input data signals;
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- send the second set of connection information to the communications facility based on a status signal and the second set of manually input data signals in a format that includes both the first set of manually input data and the second set of manually input data as a telephone number for connection to another communication device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.