Dialling Phone Numbers
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
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.
Claims1
A system for effecting a voice communication via a communication network, the system comprising:
- a database comprising country prefixes and formatting rules;
- and
- a predictive dialer component, coupled to the database, the predictive dialer component comprising instructions executable to perform operations comprising:
- displaying a dialing screen in a user interface, the dialing screen comprising a country icon for a destination country, a keypad for dialing, and a display field;
- responsive to a user input to the keypad, receiving a number in local form;
- recalling formatting rules including a country prefix from the database for the destination country;
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- prepending the recalled country prefix to the number for the destination country in accordance with the recalled formatting rules to generate a formatted number, effective to enable the voice communication using the formatted number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.