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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property Ii, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Marian Croak, Fair Haven, NJ (US);

Hossein Eslambolchi, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06027 (2013.01); H04L 29/1215 (2013.01); H04L 29/1216 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/28 (2013.01); H04L 61/157 (2013.01); H04L 61/1564 (2013.01); H04M 3/4935 (2013.01); H04M 7/128 (2013.01); H04L 51/066 (2013.01); H04M 2203/154 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for enabling a subscriber to establish a call to at least one destination phone number using an email address. Specifically, the method comprises receiving an incoming communication request from the subscriber for establishing the call (where the incoming communication request comprises an email address), determining at least one destination phone number associated with the email address, and processing the call using at least one of the at least one destination phone number associated with the email address.


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