Patent · US Active

Call shuffling

US8577007B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

10References

40Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Google LLC · US

Inventors

Itay Sherman · Hod HaSharon, IL
Eyal Bychkov · Hod HaSharon, IL
Hagit Perry · Herzliya, IL
Uri Ron · Herzliya, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 2008
Grant date	Nov 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for automatically scheduling phone calls, including dynamically assigning priorities to each of a plurality of a user's contacts, selecting one of the plurality of the user's contacts based on highest priority, wherein random selection is used in case more than one contact has the highest priority, placing a phone call to the selected contact, and updating the priority of the selected contact, if the placing a phone call successfully reaches the selected contact. A telephone and a computer-readable storage medium are also described and claimed.

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