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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Iftekhar Rahman, Billerica, MA (US);
Gordana Guranovic, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Eric Wu, Denville, NJ (US);
Iftekhar Rahman, Billerica, MA (US);
Gordana Guranovic, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Eric Wu, Denville, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A mobile device include processes that allow the mobile device to make international calls using network-based plus code dialing even when the current network does not inherently support network-based plus code dialing. The mobile device obtains, via a set-up process, state information describing whether the network supports network-based plus code dialing. The mobile device transmits, in response to a request from a user and when the state information indicates the network supports network-based plus code dialing, a message to the network to initiate the international call based on a network-based plus code dialing scheme. The mobile device transmits, in response to the request from the user and when the state information indicates the network does not support network-based plus code dialing, a message to the network to initiate the international call using a handset-based plus code dialing scheme.