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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Cellco Partnership, Arlington, VA (US);
Lin Song, Newton, MA (US);
William Andrew Fish, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Tim D. Paiement, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system, or device, may be configured to receive a request to place a voice call; forgo placing the requested voice call; and present a visual interface, associated with an intended callee of the requested voice call, in lieu of placing the requested voice call. The system or device may determine to place the voice call to the original number, or to a different number, based on an input, which is based on the visual interface, from a user who may have, or may not have, made the request.