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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Rafael Andres Gaviria Velez, Medford, MA (US);
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Rafael Andres Gaviria Velez, Medford, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein include a docking station for a mobile device, for example. The docking station may include a docking port configured to physically receive a mobile device and a receiver to receive a list of contacts from the mobile device. The docking station may also include a display to show the list of contacts, wherein each contact is associated with a sensor for receiving an input from a user for selecting the corresponding contact. The docking station may further include a transmitter to send a selection of one of the contacts in the list of contacts, as input by the user via the sensor corresponding to the selected contact, to the mobile device to initiate a telephone call with a device associated with the selected contact.