WEB-BASED DIALING

• US 20080010297A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: XpresSpa Group, Inc. (f/k/a FORM Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: XpresSpa Group, Inc. (f/k/a FORM Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: JACOBSON, David G.M., GOLDFARB, David Elliot
• Application Number:
  US11/775,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20080010297A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/003 Click to dial services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A mobile communications device includes a unit to receive a telephone number downloaded from a web page and a dialing mechanism to dial the telephone number. Also included is a web-based contact list with phone numbers which are selectably downloadable to at least one mobile communications device.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile communications device, the method comprising:

receiving a file of a phone number MIME type from a web page viewed by said mobile communications device;

activating a parser associated with said MIME type, said parser to parse said file to select a relevant phone number from at least one phone number listed in said file; and

activating a dialing function of said mobile communications device to dial said selected phone number.

2. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said mobile communications device is one of the following types:

a cellular telephone, a hand-held device and a Blackberry type device.

3. Apparatus comprising:

a parser installable on a mobile communications device and definable for a phone number MIME type, said parser to parse phone number files downloaded from a web page; and

a dialing function to dial a selected parsed phone number.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 and wherein said mobile communications device is one of the following types:

a cellular telephone, a hand-held device and a Blackberry type device.

5. A method comprising:

providing a web-based contact list for a company, said contact list including phone numbers selectably downloadable to at least one mobile communications device.

6. The method according to claim 5 and also comprising refusing access to said contact list to mobile communications devices defined as one of:

stolen and lost.

7. The method according to claim 5 and said web-based contact list forms part of corporate security for said company.

8. The method according to claim 5 and also comprising providing editing access to said contact list to employees of said company.

9. The method according to claim 5 and wherein said contact list is in one format and said providing comprises converting said one format to a format readable by said mobile communications device.

10. A method comprising:

converting at least one phone number in an Internet-based contact management system to a format readable by a mobile communications device; and

providing said at least one phone number on a web page, said at least one phone number being selectably downloadable to said mobile communications device.

11. The method according to claim 10 and wherein said mobile communications device is one of the following types:

a cellular telephone, a hand-held device and a Blackberry type device.

12. The method according to claim 10 and wherein said providing comprises adding calling codes to said at least one phone number in said Internet-based contact management system.

13. The method according to claim 10 and wherein said providing comprises also providing content related to said phone number.

14. The method according to claim 13 and wherein said content is a name associated with said phone number.

15. The method according to claim 13 and wherein said content is contact information associated with said phone number.

16. The method according to claim 13 and wherein said content is personalization content associated with said phone number.

17. The method according to claim 16 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by a user of said web page.

18. The method according to claim 16 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by a buddy of a user of said web page.

19. A mobile communications device comprising:

means to receive a telephone number downloaded from a web page; and

a dialing mechanism to dial said telephone number.

20. The device according to claim 19 and wherein said means comprises a web browser capable of receiving a telephony URL.

21. The device according to claim 19 and wherein said means comprises a downloaded phone number dialer.

22. A method comprising:

providing on a web page at least one phone number and at least personalization content of a buddy of a user of said web page, said at least one phone number being selectably downloadable to at least one mobile communications device.

23. The method according to claim 22 and wherein said content is a name associated with said phone number.

24. The method according to claim 22 and wherein said content is contact information associated with said phone number.

25. The method according to claim 22 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by said user.

26. The method according to claim 22 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by said buddy.