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Internet telephony communications adapter for web browsers

US7852997B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

17References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Managed Inventions, LLC · US

Inventors

Brian Fowler · San Mateo, US
Leonard Rose · East Falmouth, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2004
Grant date	Dec 14, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S379/90
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A URL adapter for a Web browser that enables the integration of telephone numbers into a web browser's address line for parsing as a URI. The URL adapter bypasses traditional search hook functions to identify potential telephone numbers. The URL adapter has access to a name server for translating names entered into the browser into telephone numbers. The URL adapter can also parse Web pages to self-identify telephone numbers.

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