Patent ID: 9648162
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A method for effecting a voice communication between a first user terminal and a second user terminal connected via a communication network, the method comprising: displaying a dialing screen in a user interface, the dialing screen comprising a country icon for a destination country, a keypad for dialing, and a display field; receiving a number in local form at the first user terminal; responsive to a user input to select the destination country, displaying a list of countries, each country in the list comprising a country icon; recalling a country prefix from a database for the destination country selected by the user, the database comprising country prefixes; prepending to the number a country prefix for the destination country to generate a formatted number; and supplying the formatted number to a client installed at the first user terminal for effecting the voice communication using the formatted number.