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Network and location based phone number format identification

  • US 8,483,716 B1
  • Filed: 04/01/2011
  • Issued: 07/09/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically formatting a telephone number based on location information, comprising:

  • in a mobile device;

    transforming numbers in a phone book of a user from their original format into a universal international dialing format, wherein the original format is associated with an original location of the mobile device, and the universal international dialing format comprises “

    +”

    , a country code, an area code, and a phone number;

    accessing a dialed number from the phone book using a processor on the mobile device;

    determining a current location of the mobile device;

    determining a destination format based on the current location;

    reformatting the dialed number from the universal international dialing format into the determined destination format; and

    sending the result of the reformatting to a dialer.

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