Systems and Methods of Making a Call
AssigneeHipcricket, Inc.
InventorDouglas F. Bender
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Abstract
Systems and methods of making calls are provided. A particular method includes receiving input indicating a destination address at a mobile communication device. The method also includes determining whether the destination address is of a predetermined type. The method further includes initiating a call to a communication bridge via a mobile communication network when the destination address is of the predetermined type. The method also includes sending an instruction to the communication bridge to initiate a communication connection to the destination address.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile communication device, input indicating a first communication address;
- determining whether the first communication address is of a predetermined type;
- and
- when the first communication address is of the predetermined type, initiating a call, via a mobile communication network, to a second communication address that is different than the first communication address, wherein the second communication address is associated with a communication bridge;
- and
- sending an instruction to the communication bridge to initiate a communication connection to the first communication address.
A processor-readable medium, comprising:
- instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive input indicating a destination address;
- instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine whether the destination address is of a predetermined type;
- instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to initiate a call to a second address associated with a communication bridge via a mobile communication network when the destination address is of the predetermined type, wherein the second address is different than the destination address;
- and
- instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send an instruction to the communication bridge to initiate a communication to the destination address.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- an input device to receive input indicating a destination communication address;
- an address analysis module to determine whether the destination communication address is of a predetermined type;
- and
- a call module to initiate a call to a second address associated with a communication bridge when the destination communication address is of the predetermined type and to send an instruction to the communication bridge via the call to initiate a communication connection to the destination communication address, wherein the second address is different than the destination communication address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.