Telephone number adjustment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9680979-B1
Application number	US-201615248427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 26, 2016
Priority date	Aug 26, 2016
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A method to adjust a phone number is provided. The method may include receiving a first phone call at a telephonic device and obtaining a phone number from the first phone call. In some embodiments, the phone number may identify an origin of the first phone call. The method may further include prepending a digit to the phone number and storing the phone number with the prepended digit in a memory in the telephonic device. In some embodiments, the method may further include using the stored phone number to initiate automatic placement of the second phone call.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to adjust a phone number, the method comprising:
obtaining a telephonic area code associated with a telephonic device;
receiving a first phone call at the telephonic device;
obtaining a phone number from the first phone call, the phone number identifying an origin of the first phone call;
determining a number of digits of the phone number;
comparing a first three digits of the phone number to the telephonic area code;
in response to the number of digits of the phone number being ten and the first three digits of the phone number not being equal to the telephonic area code, prepending a digit to the phone number, the digit being a numerical one;
storing the phone number with the prepended digit in a memory in the telephonic device;
after storing the phone number, obtaining a request to initiate a second phone call that originates at the telephonic device;
retrieving the stored phone number from the memory; and
using the stored phone number to initiate automatic placement of the second phone call.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining a third phone call at the telephonic device;
extracting a second phone number from the third phone call, the second phone number identifying an origin of the third phone call;
determining a number of digits of the second phone number;
in response to the number of digits of the second phone number not being equal to ten, storing the second phone number in the memory in the telephonic device;
after storing the second phone number, obtaining a request to initiate a fourth phone call that originates at the telephonic device;
retrieving the stored second phone number from the memory; and
using the stored second phone number to automatically place the fourth phone call.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
obtaining a fifth phone call at the telephonic device;
extracting a third phone number from the fifth phone call, the third phone number identifying an origin of the fifth phone call;
comparing a first three digits of the third phone number to the telephonic area code;
in response to the first three digits of the phone number being equal to the telephonic area code, storing the third phone number in the memory in the telephonic device;
after storing the third phone number, obtaining a request to initiate a sixth phone call that originates at the telephonic device;
retrieving the stored third phone number from the memory; and
using the stored third phone number to automatically place the sixth phone call.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the phone number is stored as a redial number or a caller-ID number associated with the first phone call.

5. At least one non-transitory computer-readable media configured to store one or more instructions that when executed by at least one computing system performs the method of claim 1 .

6. A method to adjust a phone number, the method comprising:
obtaining a telephonic area code assigned to a telephonic device by a telephone exchange that allows the telephonic device to receive communications through the telephone exchange:
receiving a first phone call at the telephonic device;
obtaining a phone number from the first phone call, the phone number identifying an origin of the first phone call;
comparing a first three digits of the phone number to the telephonic area code;
in response to the first three digits of the phone number not being equal to the telephonic area code, prepending a digit to the phone number; and
storing the phone number with the prepended digit in a memory in the telephonic device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
before receiving the first phone call, obtaining a phone number prepending setting; and
before prepending the digit to the phone number, obtaining the phone number prepending setting such that the digit is prepended to the phone number in response to the phone number prepending setting.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the phone number prepending setting is selected from one of the following: never prepend the digit, always prepend the digit, and prepend the digit based on the telephonic area code associated with the telephonic device.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a number of digits of the phone number; and
comparing the number of digits of the phone number to ten,
wherein the phone number prepending setting is obtained in response to the number of digits of the phone number being equal to ten.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
determining a number of digits of the phone number; and
comparing the number of digits of the phone number to ten,
wherein the digit is prepended to the phone number in further response to the number of digits of the phone number being equal to ten.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
before obtaining the first phone call, obtaining a phone number prepending setting; and
checking the phone number prepending setting,
wherein in response to the phone number prepending setting equaling a first response, the following steps are performed: obtaining the telephonic area code, comparing the first three digits, and in response to the first three digits of the phone number not being equal to the telephonic area code, prepending the digit.

12. At least one non-transitory computer-readable media configured to store one or more instructions that when executed by at least one computing system performs the method of claim 6 .

13. A telephonic device configured to adjust a phone number, the telephonic device comprising:
a phone number identification circuit configured to extract a phone number from a first phone call received at the telephonic device;
a computing system communicatively coupled to the phone number identification circuit and configured to receive the phone number from the phone number identification circuit; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable media configured to store one or more instructions that when executed by at least one computing system perform operations including:
obtaining a telephonic area code assigned to the telephonic device by a telephone exchange that allows the telephonic device to receive communications through the telephone exchange;
comparing a first three digits of the phone number to the telephonic area code;
in response to the first three digits of the phone number not being equal to the telephonic area code, prepending a digit to the phone number;
storing the phone number with the prepended digit in the non-transitory computer-readable media; and
using the stored phone number to initiate automatic placement of a second phone call.

14. The telephonic device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include:
before obtaining the first phone call, storing a phone number prepending setting in the non-transitory computer-readable media; and
before prepending the digit to the phone number, obtaining the phone number prepending setting such that the digit is prepended to the phone number in response to the phone number prepending setting.

15. The telephonic device of claim 14 , wherein the phone number prepending setting is selected from one of the following: never prepend the digit, always prepend the digit, and prepend the digit based on the telephonic area code associated with the telephonic device.

16. The telephonic device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further include:
determining a number of digits of the phone number; and
comparing the number of digits of the phone number to ten,
wherein the phone number prepending sett

Assignees

• Sorenson Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Chevrier Brian
• Stimpson Michael
• Holm Michael
• Lalor Christian

Classifications

• H04M3/42059 Primary

  Making use of the calling party identifier · CPC title

• H04M1/57

  Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set (at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20) · CPC title

• H04M1/27457

  Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data · CPC title

• H04Q3/72

  Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber · CPC title

• H04M1/27485

  Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence · CPC title