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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:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Edward Walter, Boerne, TX (US);

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

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04M 1/72583 (2013.01); H04M 7/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for abstracting telephony functions is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a terminal device having a User Interface (UI) element that presents a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements that abstract a corresponding plurality of telephony functions, and a telephony element that initiates a telephony process in response to a selection by an end user of the terminal device of two or more of the plurality of GUI elements to form a combined telephony function. Additional embodiments are disclosed.


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