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Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Iftekhar Rahman, Billerica, MA (US);

Kika Konstantinou, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Iftekhar Rahman, Billerica, MA (US);

Kika Konstantinou, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

When a mobile device receives an incoming call from a telephone number: it identifies a number of digits associated with the telephone number and determines whether the number of digits exceeds a threshold. Upon determining that the number of digits exceeds the threshold, the incoming call is identified as an international call and the telephone number is identified as an international telephone number. The mobile device identifies a reference country from which the international call is originated and stores the international telephone number in association with the reference country in its memory.


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