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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Fred Scheer, North Andover, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Toygar Yagci, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04M 3/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04M 3/58 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first device may detect that a second device is within communicative proximity for a near field communication connection with the first device, and may establish the near field communication connection with the second device. The first device may determine that the first device and the second device are provisioned with a same telephone number, determine that the first device is a destination for a call to be transferred, and request a transfer of the call.