DETERMINING LOCAL TIME IN A LOCATION OF A TELEPHONE

In a method for placing a telephone call, a first telephone receives a request to call a second telephone. The first telephone retrieves a user preference for obtaining location information of the second telephone or of a user of the second telephone. The first telephone obtains the location informa...

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Main Authors SALEM LOULWA, AARON THOMAS A, KALAVAKOLANU ANIL, SCHLACHTER STEPHEN A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.02.2013
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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Summary:In a method for placing a telephone call, a first telephone receives a request to call a second telephone. The first telephone retrieves a user preference for obtaining location information of the second telephone or of a user of the second telephone. The first telephone obtains the location information from one of a plurality of sources based at least in part on an order of priority of the sources defined by the user preference. The plurality of sources include a social network program. The first telephone determines a local time in a geographical location identified from the location information. The first telephone displays the local time. The first telephone prompts for a decision whether to place the call to the second telephone.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113195565