Method and system for routing cellular calls to desired discount telephone services

A method for routing calls through a discount telephone service using a wireless device, comprising:

• monitoring the activity of a cell phone keypad for detecting outgoing call activity;
• determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call;
• determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call by detecting a predetermined sequence of digits in a predetermined position of the dialed phone number of the outgoing call;
• collecting the digits corresponding to the discount call;
• and
• dialing the phone number for accessing a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the discount call.

A system for automatically routing calls through a discount telephone service using a wireless device, comprising:

• a means for determining whether an outgoing call on a wireless device is a potential discount call;
• a means for collecting the digits corresponding to the outgoing call by monitoring the wireless device keypad for activity;
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• a means for dialing the access number for a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the outgoing call by generating electrical signals that correspond to the buttons on the keypad in a manner that produces the phone number of the outgoing call and the discount service provider.

A system for routing calls through a discount telephone service, comprising:

• means for monitoring a cell phone function keys for outgoing call activity;
• means for determining what digits are dialed on a cell phone keypad in the making of an outgoing call;
• means for determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call;
• means for determining whether a predetermined number of the leading dialed digits of said outgoing call are of a known sequence of digits associated with a discountable call;
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• means for routing the outgoing call to a discount service provider by re-setting the phone before dialing the access number for a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the said outgoing call.

A system for routing calls through a discount telephone service using a wireless device, comprising:

• a processor configured for identifying electrical signals encoding digits associated with an outgoing telephone number by monitoring activity on the wireless device keypad and storing observed activity in memory;
• a processor configured for analyzing one or more of the electrical signals encoding the digits generated by pressing a key on the wireless device keypad, and configured for determining whether a potential discount call is being made;
• memory configured for collecting and storing the dialed telephone number;
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• a processor configured for generating electrical signals corresponding to the phone number for a discount service provider, an access code if needed, and the outgoing dialed telephone number.

A system for routing calls through a discount telephone service, comprising:

• an array of Pic I/O pins configured for monitoring a cell phone activity for outgoing call, said array comprising of at least one Pic I/O pin;
• a DTMF encoder configured for detecting the DTMF tones associated with an outgoing telephone number, a processor configured for determining whether the outgoing call is a discount call by determining whether the predetermined number of dialed digits comprises a predetermined sequence of one or more DTMF tones that is are dialed by a user;
• a memory configured for storing the telephone number corresponding to the discount call;
• and a DTMF generator configured for dialing the phone number for a discount service provider and the outgoing telephone number.

Located within a wireless device, computer executable software code stored on a computer readable medium, the code for routing calls through a discount telephone service using said wireless device, comprising:

• code for determining whether an outgoing call on a wireless device is a discount call;
• code for collecting the digits corresponding to the discount call by monitoring the keypad of a wireless device for activity;
• code for dialing the number for a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the discount call by having a processor capable of storing the dialed phone number in memory and being able to generate electrical signals that matches both of the discount service provider phone numbers and the outgoing call phone number;
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• code for providing an access code if needed.

A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon, the code for automatically routing calls through a discount telephone service using a wireless device, comprising:

• code for automatically determining whether an outgoing call on a wireless device is a discount call;
• code for collecting the digits corresponding to the discount call by monitoring the keypad of a wireless device for activity;
• and
• code for dialing the access number for a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the discount call.

A programmed computer for routing calls through a discount telephone service using a wireless device, comprising:

• a memory in a wireless device having at least one region for storing computer executable program code;
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• a processor for executing the program code store in said memory, wherein the program code includes:
• code for determining from the sequence of the leading digits whether an outgoing call is a discount call;
• code for collecting the digits corresponding to the discount call by monitoring the activity of the keypad of the wireless device;
• and
• code for dialing the access number for a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the discount call by generating the electronic signals that correspond to digits dialed on a wireless device keypad.

Computer executable software code stored on a computer readable medium located in a wireless device, the code for routing calls through a discount telephone service, comprising:

• code for monitoring the activity of a cell phone keypad for outgoing call activity;
• code for determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call;
• code for detecting the DTMF tones corresponding to a predetermined number of DTMF tones, wherein the determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call is accomplished by determining whether one or more of a predetermined number of DTMF tone meets a predetermined sequence of the DTMF tones;
• code for collecting the digits corresponding to the discount call;
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• code for dialing the number for a discount phone service provider and the digits corresponding to the discount call.

A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon, the

• code for routing calls through a discount telephone service, comprising:
• code for monitoring the activity of a cell phone keypad to determine whether an outgoing call is being made;
• code for determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call by determining whether the outgoing call contains a predetermined number of DTMF tones in a predetermined sequence;
• code for collecting the digits corresponding to the discount call;
• code for determining whether all of the numbers associated with the discount call have been collected within a predetermined polling period;
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• code for dialing the access number for a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the discount call.

A programmed computer for routing calls through a discount telephone service, comprising:

• a memory in a wireless device having at least one region for storing computer executable program code;
• and
• a processor in a wireless device for executing the program code stored in memory, wherein the program code includes:
• code for monitoring a wireless device phone activity for outgoing call;
• code for determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call;
• code for detecting the DTMF tones corresponding to a predetermined number of DTMF tones, wherein the determining whether the outgoing call is a potential discount call is accomplished by determining whether at least one or more DTMF tones meets a predetermined sequence of the DTMF tones;
• code for collecting the digits corresponding to the discount call;
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• code for dialing the access number for a discount telephone service provider and the digits corresponding to the discount call.