Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Genevieve Gambardella

Robert Paul St Pierre

Anil Dhawan

Timothy L Bui

Jason S Hamilton

Li-Kai Chang

Navneet Mehta

Kelly Ann Grantham Gachet

The innovation supports the ability to map alpha characters entered directly into the dialer application of a smartphone. These alpha characters can be entered via a smartphone keyboard (e.g., QWERTY keyboard) and converted to the appropriate digits as mapped to a conventional telephone keypad. The resultant numerical digits can be used to prompt a network call. Additionally, the innovation can be used during an active call to respond to prompts that traditionally require 12-key mappings. This innovation allows a user to both dial a number directly via a smartphone keyboard, and filter contacts by name, in a non-modal manner.

Alpha character support and translation in dialer

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Genevieve Gambardella