Patent ID: 9225819
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for interacting with a telephone system, comprising: accessing a data item associated with an application executed on a mobile computing device; extracting a telephone number and a string of characters associable with the telephone number by analyzing the data item with a character analyzer that applies rules for determining if a string of characters is likely to be a telephone number and applies rules for determining if a string of characters is likely to be a string of characters associable with the telephone number that would be dialed in association with the telephone number; connecting the mobile computing device to the telephone system by placing a call to the telephone number responsive to detecting an event requiring connection of the mobile computing device to the telephone system; displaying the string of characters associable with the telephone number on the mobile computing device automatically responsive to connecting the mobile computing device to the telephone system; receiving user input for transmitting the string of characters to the telephone system; and transmitting signals corresponding to the string of characters responsive to receiving the user input.