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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Skype, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SKYPE, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/27485 (2020.01); H04M 3/02 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/272 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 7/0075 (2013.01); H04M 1/2725 (2013.01); H04M 1/27485 (2020.01); H04M 3/02 (2013.01); H04M 3/42306 (2013.01); H04M 7/0063 (2013.01); H04M 2201/32 (2013.01); H04M 2201/42 (2013.01);
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.