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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:
Sep. 06, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Howard, Kirkland, WA (US);

Susan Chory, Seattle, WA (US);

Tony He, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04M 1/72519 (2013.01); H04M 1/72563 (2013.01); H04W 4/003 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various user interfaces and other technologies for interacting with devices that support multiple communication lines can be implemented. For example, intelligent handling of communication line selection can help users deal with multiple communication line scenarios. A user interface for overriding communication line selection can be supported. Users can interact with their devices more efficiently and with less frustration. A wide variety of use default communication line scenarios are supported. Communication lines can be selected based on any of a rich set of input factors.


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