Patent ID: 8838078
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more processing units to perform a method of processing a stored telephone number, the method comprising: receiving a selection of the stored telephone number, the stored telephone number to be used to place a telephone call on a telephone; retrieving the stored telephone number; analyzing the stored telephone number to determine a content of the stored telephone number; determining a location of the telephone; determining if the stored telephone number is in a format to place the telephone call based on the content of the stored telephone number and the determined location of the telephone; and if the stored telephone number is not in the format to place the telephone call, converting the stored telephone number to a converted telephone number suitable in the format to place the telephone call from the determined location of the telephone, wherein converting the stored telephone number comprises: