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Intelligent telephone number processing

  • US 8,838,078 B2
  • Filed: 09/02/2011
  • Issued: 09/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more processing units to perform a method of processing a stored telephone number, the method comprising:

  • receiving a selection of the stored telephone number, the stored telephone number to be used to place a telephone call on a telephone;

    retrieving the stored telephone number;

    analyzing the stored telephone number to determine a content of the stored telephone number;

    determining a location of the telephone;

    determining if the stored telephone number is in a format to place the telephone call based on the content of the stored telephone number and the determined location of the telephone; and

    if the stored telephone number is not in the format to place the telephone call, converting the stored telephone number to a converted telephone number suitable in the format to place the telephone call from the determined location of the telephone, wherein converting the stored telephone number comprises;

    if the stored telephone number includes a first international prefix, removing the first international prefix from the stored telephone number;

    if the stored telephone number includes a first domestic prefix, removing the first domestic prefix from the stored telephone number;

    determining a matching rule for the stored telephone number based on the determined location of the telephone; and

    applying the matching rule to the stored telephone number,wherein if the format to place the telephone call includes a second international prefix, applying the matching rule includes adding the second international prefix to the stored telephone number, andwherein if the format to place the telephone call includes a second domestic prefix, applying the matching rule includes adding the second domestic prefix to the stored telephone number.

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