Patent ID: 8761740
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for using a wireless browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server or to dial a telephone number comprising: (a) receiving an input from the wireless handset, wherein the input comprises either a service request containing a type of local information needed to carry out the service request or a telephone number to be dialed; (b) determining whether a browser command based on the input comprises a service request or a telephone command, wherein the browser command includes a portion that either identifies an indication of a type of location needed and a Uniform Resource Language (URL) address of the Web server for the service request or the telephone number for the telephone command, and wherein determining whether the browser command based on the input comprises a service request or a telephone command includes parsing the input to determine whether the portion identifies the indication of a type of location needed and a URL address of the Web server for the service request or the telephone number for the telephone command, wherein the wireless browser comprises a Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML)/Wireless Markup Language (WML) browser, wherein the browser command corresponds to an HDML/WML command and wherein the portion corresponds to a NUMBER field; (c) if the input is a telephone number, terminating the browser and dialing the telephone number, wherein when the input is the telephone number, the telephone number is inserted into the NUMBER field following an HDML/WML CALL command; and (d) if the input is a service request, acquiring the local information and sending the local information to the Web server via the wireless browser, wherein when the input is the service request, the type of local information needed and the URL address of the Web server is inserted into the NUMBER field following the HDML/WML CALL command.