Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dialling phone numbers
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Application No.: US15054779Application Date: 2016-02-26
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Publication No.: US09648162B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Rodrigo Madanes , Kristjan Jansen , Julie Mathilde Fournier
- Applicant: Skype
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: H04M1/00
- IPC: H04M1/00 ; H04M3/00 ; H04M3/42 ; H04M1/2745 ; H04M3/02 ; H04M7/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160182714A1 Dialling Phone Numbers Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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