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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Joshua H. Shaffer, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeremy Thomas Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua H. Shaffer, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeremy Thomas Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a device that converts a telephone number based on the location of a telephone is described. The device receives the telephone number, where telephone number is to be used to place a telephone call on the device. The device further determines if the telephone number is suitable to place the telephone call based on a content of the telephone number and a location of the device. If the telephone number is not suitable to place the telephone call, the device converts the telephone number to a telephone number suitable to be used to place the telephone call.