Method and apparatus for changing a telephone number after entry
OwnerGilbert J. Yabloninventor
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Abstract
A method and related system and computerized instruction for assisting a user with placing a telephonic call, comprising: a user specifying an originally-specified telephone number to place an intended telephonic call, which telephone number, as originally-specified, for at least one particular reason, cannot be used to successfully complete the intended telephonic call; the user, after specifying the originally-specified telephone number, later specifying later-specified telephone number elements; and causing the telephonic call to be successfully signaled using the originally-specified telephone number in combination with the later-specified telephone number elements, without the user having to re-specify the originally-specified telephone number.
Claims24
A method for assisting a user with placing a telephonic call, comprising:
- a user specifying an originally-specified telephone number to place an intended telephonic call, which telephone number, as originally-specified, for at least one particular reason, cannot be used to successfully complete the intended telephonic call;
- the user, after specifying the originally-specified telephone number, later specifying later-specified telephone number elements, including the possible deleting or ignoring of part of said originally-specified telephone number;
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- causing the telephonic call to be successfully signaled using said originally-specified telephone number in combination with said later-specified telephone number elements, without the user having to re-specify said originally-specified telephone number.
A computerized system for assisting a user with placing a telephonic call, comprising a user interface, computerized processing, and computerized storage for:
- a user specifying an originally-specified telephone number to place an intended telephonic call, which telephone number, as originally-specified, for at least one particular reason, cannot be used to successfully complete the intended telephonic call;
- the user, after specifying the originally-specified telephone number, later specifying later-specified telephone number elements, including the possible deleting or ignoring of part of said originally-specified telephone number;
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- causing the telephonic call to be successfully signaled using said originally-specified telephone number in combination with said later-specified telephone number elements, without the user having to re-specify said originally-specified telephone number.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions executable by a computerized system for assisting a user with placing a telephonic call, said computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions for:
- a user specifying an originally-specified telephone number to place an intended telephonic call, which telephone number, as originally-specified, for at least one particular reason, cannot be used to successfully complete the intended telephonic call;
- the user, after specifying the originally-specified telephone number, later specifying later-specified telephone number elements, including the possible deleting or ignoring of part of said originally-specified telephone number;
- and
- causing the telephonic call to be successfully signaled using said originally-specified telephone number in combination with said later-specified telephone number elements, without the user having to re-specify said originally-specified telephone number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.