Patent ID: 9325841
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining whether a local time for a party is within a calling window of time for originating a communication to a mobile device of the party, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining permission from the party to originate the communication to the mobile device of the party, wherein the permission is obtained as a result of the party successfully downloading a computer-program application to reside on the mobile device; after successfully obtaining the permission, obtaining information from the mobile device, the information being retrieved from the mobile device by the computer-program application and comprising at least one of a current time for a location where the mobile device is located, a geo-location of the mobile device, and a time zone for the location where the mobile device is located; deriving the local time based at least in part on the information; determining whether the local time for the party is within the calling window of time for originating the communication to the mobile device of the party; and originating the communication to the mobile device of the party in response to the local time for the party being within the calling window of time.