Method and apparatus for remote telephone call origination
CA 2280483 A1 · Owner: Selex Communications, Llc · Inventors: Laster, Maurice Scott
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A method and mobile telephone apparatus for placing a long distance call the, mobile telephone of the type having a data messaging device included therein for, communicating with a data network and using a Remote Telephone Call Origination, (RTCO) to avoid relatively high charges in one locale and to incur lower charges in, a second, lower-cost locale. The method and telephone apparatus place calls by:, (a) capturing a telephone number dialed by a user of the mobile telephone; (b) transmitting a data message to the data network using the data message device, the data message including the dialed telephone number and identifying the mobile telephone number; (c) relaying the message from …
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- Filed August 19, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 19, 2019.
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