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US 2006/0148458 A1Published application
Time service for telephone calls
OwnerEshwari Komaria, Vincent Zimmerinventors
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, a destination telephone identifier associated with a destination telephone is determined. For example, a caller might enter a telephone number of the destination telephone. A current local time associated with the destination telephone may then be determined. For example, a local time of day may be determined based on the current location of the destination telephone.
Claims27
A method, comprising:
- determining a destination telephone identifier associated with a destination telephone;
- and
- determining time information associated with the destination telephone.
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine result in the following:
- receiving from a caller telephone a time request including a destination telephone identifier associated with a wireless destination telephone,
- determining a current time associated with the wireless destination telephone, and
- transmitting to the caller telephone an indication of a current local time associated with the wireless destination telephone.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- setting at least one rule associated with telephone calls;
- determining a destination telephone identifier;
- determining a current local time associated with a location of a destination telephone having the destination telephone identifier;
- and
- evaluating if the rule is satisfied based at least in part on the current local time.
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A system, comprising:
- a network device to (i) receive a time request from a caller telephone, the time request including a destination telephone number and (ii) transmit an indication of time information associated with a destination telephone;
- and
- a switch to facilitate a telephone call to the destination telephone.
A method, comprising:
- determining a destination telephone identifier associated with a destination telephone;
- and
- determining at least one of:
- (i) location information associated with the destination telephone, or (ii) cost information associated with a telephone call to the destination telephone;
- and
- facilitating presentation of the determined information to a caller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.