Method and system for an intelligent telephone prefix dialer
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1. A computer implemented telephone number dialing method, comprising the steps of:
- storing a predetermined valid number of telephone number digits required by a telephone network;
accepting an area code into memory storage accessible by the computer, said area code being entered by a phone user and forming a default area code;
accepting an abbreviated telephone number from the phone user;
appending the abbreviated telephone number to the default area code only if the number of digits in the abbreviated telephone number entered by the phone user plus the number of digits in the default area code is equal to the predetermined valid number of telephone number digits, the appending step forming a complete telephone number; and
placing the complete telephone number on said telephone network to establish a connection to a called party.
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Abstract
Method and system for an Intelligent Prefix Dialer eliminates the necessity for manually dialing an area code as a prefix to a call in telephone systems in which such action is a requirement. The Intelligent Prefix Dialer can be resident in a service provider'"'"'s Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) and is capable of analyzing the dialing sequence from the caller'"'"'s Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) to determine when the caller wishes to dial seven digits. In the event that the caller has dialed seven digits or less, the present invention can append the abbreviated digits the caller has dialed to a caller defined default prefix, in order to form a complete telephone number to be used by the telephone network to establish the connection to a called party.
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1. A computer implemented telephone number dialing method, comprising the steps of:
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storing a predetermined valid number of telephone number digits required by a telephone network; accepting an area code into memory storage accessible by the computer, said area code being entered by a phone user and forming a default area code; accepting an abbreviated telephone number from the phone user; appending the abbreviated telephone number to the default area code only if the number of digits in the abbreviated telephone number entered by the phone user plus the number of digits in the default area code is equal to the predetermined valid number of telephone number digits, the appending step forming a complete telephone number; and placing the complete telephone number on said telephone network to establish a connection to a called party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including software instructions, the non-transitory computer readable medium bearing said software instructions, wherein said software instructions are adapted to enable a computer system to perform an abbreviated dialing method comprising the steps of:
storing a predetermined valid number of telephone number digits required by a telephone network; accepting an area code into memory storage accessible by the computer, said area code being entered by a phone user, and forming a default area code; accepting an abbreviated telephone number from the phone user; appending the abbreviated telephone number to the default area code only if the number of digits in the abbreviated telephone number entered by the phone user plus the number of digits in the default area code is equal to the predetermined valid number of telephone number digits, the appending step forming a complete telephone number; and placing the complete telephone number on said telephone network to establish a connection to a called party. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Current AssigneeJohn L. Breckenridge
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Original AssigneeJohn L. Breckenridge
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InventorsBreckenridge, John L.
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Primary Examiner(s)Gauthier, Gerald
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Assistant Examiner(s)King, Simon
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Application NumberUS11/526,396Publication NumberTime in Patent Office2,332 DaysField of Search379/355.06, 379/355.07, 379/355.02, 379/355.04, 379/355.05, 379/355.08, 455/445, 455/564US Class Current379/355.05CPC Class CodesH04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or in...H04M 2207/12 intelligent networksH04M 3/44 Additional connecting arran...
