Method and system for translating communication requests
CA 2304883 A1 · Owner: Marr, John · Inventors: Marr, John
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The present invention relates generally to computers and communications and , more, specifically, to a method and system for translating communication requests from a numeric, keypad on a computer, telephone or cellular telephone. For example, one may use the, numeric keypad on a cellular telephone to identify an Internet URL (uniform resource, locator) address which consists of alpha characters. This is done using a server which, performs the following steps: receiving a sequence of numbers transmitted from a remote, user; indexing a local database using the sequence of numbers to identify a predetermined, corresponding selection; and transmitting the identified selection back to the …
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- Filed April 7, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 7, 2020.
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