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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:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles W. Berthoud, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Mohd M. Hobbi, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for placing a telephone call is provided in which an email address is used to identify an intended recipient of the call and initiate a telephone connection. An email address is input and transmitted to an email address receiver. A telephone number is determined by a central communications provider via accessing a database or series of databases of telephone numbers associated with the email address. The telephone number thus determined is dialed to connect the user with the intended recipient.