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Methods and systems for selecting a buddy from a buddy list and for placing call to a buddy

  • US 9,036,798 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2012
  • Issued: 05/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining contact information of a buddy of a user, the user using a user telephone means having associated identification information, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at an Internet-enabled computing device, an incoming call with calling line identification (CLID) information from the user telephone means, the Internet-enabled computing device being remotely located from the user telephone means;

    validating the CLID by comparing the CLID a against the associated identification information of the user;

    if the CLID matches the associated identification information of the user;

    prompting the user for buddy identification of the budderreceiving, at the Internet-enabled computing device, the buddy identification of the buddy from the user;

    searching for the buddy identification within a group of pre-defined Internet-accessible destinations located remotely from the user telephone means to identify a match result defining the contact information of the buddy; and

    sending the match result to the user telephone means.

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