Patent ID: 7489950

Claim:
A mobile communication device, comprising: a means for executing program code; a memory means for storing a replace code, wherein the replace code corresponds to a designated numbering plan service area; and means for determining whether the mobile communication device is within the designated numbering plan service area; means for causing the mobile communication device to operate in a replace code mode upon determining the mobile communication device is within the designated numbering plan service area; means for automatically modifying a toll-free number input by a user to obtain a replace code number, by replacing the Numbering Plan Area Code (NPA) of the number with a corresponding replace code for the designated numbering plan service area when the mobile communication device is operating in a replace code mode; means for placing a phone call to the replace code number; means for determining if the phone call initiated to a phone number has connected, means for determining if the phone number has an associated replace code for any subset of the phone number, the means being activated upon a determination that the phone call initiated to the phone number did not connect; and means for accepting an input to initiate or turn off the replace code mode on the mobile communication device.