Patent ID: 9742911
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A dialing method, comprising: receiving, by a calling server from a calling party device, a plurality of phone number groups to be dialed in at least one of a simultaneous ringing mode, a sequential ringing mode, or a combined simultaneous-sequential ringing mode, the calling device being separate than the calling server, each phone number group of the plurality of phone number groups including a respective at least one phone number and the receiving including receiving the respective at least one phone number of each phone number group of the plurality of phone number groups, and further receiving, from the calling party device, a dialing flag string for selectively initiating dialing of the respective at least one phone number of each phone number group of the plurality of phone number groups based on the dialing flag string, the dialing flag string including at least one of a simultaneous ringing flag, a sequential ringing flag, or a combined simultaneous-sequential ringing flag, indicating that the plurality of phone number groups are to be dialed in at least one of the simultaneous ringing mode, the sequential ringing mode, or the combined simultaneous-sequential ringing mode; wherein at least one phone number of a phone number group of the plurality of phone number groups is not previously registered in the calling server; and initiating dialing the plurality of phone number groups in at least one of the simultaneous ringing mode, the sequential ringing mode, or the combined simultaneous-sequential ringing mode according to the at least one of the simultaneous ringing flag, the sequential ringing flag, or the combined simultaneous-sequential ringing flag.