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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

May. 07, 2018
Applicant:

Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anup D. Karnalkar, Allen, TX (US);

R. Tyler Wallis, Greenwood Village, CO (US);

William Stanley Robbins, Sun Prairie, WI (US);

Susan Steele, Phillipsburg, GA (US);

Larry B. Pearson, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:

Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/2745 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/27455 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04M 1/72583 (2013.01); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 3/42365 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04M 2250/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to detect a selection of an image from a graphical user interface, identify an entry in a contact book responsive to the detected selection of the image, and retrieve one or more communication identifiers associated with the party from the entry of the contact book for initiating a communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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