Patent ID: 9473625
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing outgoing calls, comprising: receiving, at an intermediate server communicatively coupled to a mobile phone associated with a first phone number corresponding to a first contact group and a second phone number corresponding to a second contact group, a request from the mobile phone to make an outgoing call, the request including a recipient phone number; in response to receiving the request to make an outgoing call, selecting, by the intermediate server, caller identification information (“caller ID” information), wherein identifying caller ID information comprises: modifying, by the intermediate server, the request to make an outgoing call to include the selected caller ID information; routing, by the intermediate server, the modified outgoing call request to a mobile service provider; and in response to determining the recipient phone number not included in the first contact group or the second contact group: wherein the second phone number comprises a virtual phone number assigned to the mobile phone by the intermediate server.