Dialing using indirect addressing methods
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsUri Benchetrit, Ayal Bar-David, Yoram Rimoni
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Abstract
A method for dialing a telephone number indirectly, including obtaining an alphanumeric identifier that is assigned to a telephone subscriber and associating the identifier with a destination telephone number of the telephone subscriber to form a mapping therebetween. The method further includes storing the mapping in a lookup table, dialing the identifier using an originating telephone, using the identifier as a pointer to the lookup table so as to recover the destination telephone number from the stored mapping, and establishing a connection between the originating telephone and a destination telephone via the destination telephone number.
Claims25
A method for dialing a telephone number indirectly, comprising:
- obtaining an alphanumeric identifier that is assigned to a telephone subscriber;
- associating the identifier with a destination telephone number of the telephone subscriber to form a mapping therebetween;
- storing the mapping in a lookup table;
- dialing the identifier using an originating telephone;
- using the identifier as a pointer to the lookup table so as to recover the destination telephone number from the stored mapping;
- and
- establishing a connection between the originating telephone and a destination telephone via the destination telephone number.
Apparatus for dialing a telephone number indirectly, comprising:
- a memory wherein is stored a lookup table comprising a mapping associating an alphanumeric identifier that is assigned to a telephone subscriber with a destination telephone number;
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- a communication server which is adapted to receive the identifier as a dialed input from an originating telephone, to access the lookup table responsive thereto, to recover the destination telephone number by using the identifier as a pointer to the lookup table, and to provide the destination telephone number to a communication network so as to enable the network to establish a connection between the originating telephone and a destination telephone via the destination telephone number.
A method for dialing a telephone number indirectly, comprising:
- obtaining an alphanumeric identifier that is assigned to a first and a second telephone subscriber;
- associating the identifier with a first destination telephone number of the first telephone subscriber to form a first mapping therebetween;
- associating the identifier with a second destination telephone number of the second telephone subscriber to form a second mapping therebetween;
- storing the first and the second mapping in a lookup table;
- dialing the identifier using an originating telephone;
- using the identifier as a pointer to the lookup table so as to recover the first and the second destination telephone numbers from the stored mappings;
- choosing one of the first and second destination telephone numbers as a desired destination telephone number;
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- establishing a connection between the originating telephone and a desired destination telephone via the desired destination telephone number.
Apparatus for dialing a telephone number indirectly, comprising:
- a memory wherein is stored a lookup table comprising a first mapping associating an alphanumeric identifier that is assigned to a first telephone subscriber with a first destination telephone number and a second mapping associating the alphanumeric identifier that is assigned to a second telephone subscriber with a second destination telephone number;
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- a communication server which is adapted to receive the identifier as a dialed input from an originating telephone, to access the lookup table responsive thereto, to recover the first and the second destination telephone numbers by using the identifier as a pointer to the lookup table, to request a caller dialing the identifier to choose a desired destination telephone number from the first and the second destination telephone numbers, and, responsive to the choice, to provide the desired destination telephone number to a communication network so as to enable the network to establish a connection between the originating telephone and a destination telephone via the desired destination telephone number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.