WEB-BASED DIALING
A mobile communications device includes a unit to receive a telephone number downloaded from a web page and a dialing mechanism to dial the telephone number. Also included is a web-based contact list with phone numbers which are selectably downloadable to at least one mobile communications device.
1 . A method for a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
receiving a file of a phone number MIME type from a web page viewed by said mobile communications device;
activating a parser associated with said MIME type, said parser to parse said file to select a relevant phone number from at least one phone number listed in said file; and
activating a dialing function of said mobile communications device to dial said selected phone number.
2 . The method according to claim 1 and wherein said mobile communications device is one of the following types: a cellular telephone, a hand-held device and a Blackberry type device.
3 . Apparatus comprising:
a parser installable on a mobile communications device and definable for a phone number MIME type, said parser to parse phone number files downloaded from a web page; and
a dialing function to dial a selected parsed phone number.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 and wherein said mobile communications device is one of the following types: a cellular telephone, a hand-held device and a Blackberry type device.
5 . A method comprising:
providing a web-based contact list for a company, said contact list including phone numbers selectably downloadable to at least one mobile communications device.
6 . The method according to claim 5 and also comprising refusing access to said contact list to mobile communications devices defined as one of: stolen and lost.
7 . The method according to claim 5 and said web-based contact list forms part of corporate security for said company.
8 . The method according to claim 5 and also comprising providing editing access to said contact list to employees of said company.
9 . The method according to claim 5 and wherein said contact list is in one format and said providing comprises converting said one format to a format readable by said mobile communications device.
10 . A method comprising:
converting at least one phone number in an Internet-based contact management system to a format readable by a mobile communications device; and
providing said at least one phone number on a web page, said at least one phone number being selectably downloadable to said mobile communications device.
11 . The method according to claim 10 and wherein said mobile communications device is one of the following types: a cellular telephone, a hand-held device and a Blackberry type device.
12 . The method according to claim 10 and wherein said providing comprises adding calling codes to said at least one phone number in said Internet-based contact management system.
13 . The method according to claim 10 and wherein said providing comprises also providing content related to said phone number.
14 . The method according to claim 13 and wherein said content is a name associated with said phone number.
15 . The method according to claim 13 and wherein said content is contact information associated with said phone number.
16 . The method according to claim 13 and wherein said content is personalization content associated with said phone number.
17 . The method according to claim 16 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by a user of said web page.
18 . The method according to claim 16 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by a buddy of a user of said web page.
19 . A mobile communications device comprising:
means to receive a telephone number downloaded from a web page; and
a dialing mechanism to dial said telephone number.
20 . The device according to claim 19 and wherein said means comprises a web browser capable of receiving a telephony URL.
21 . The device according to claim 19 and wherein said means comprises a downloaded phone number dialer.
22 . A method comprising:
providing on a web page at least one phone number and at least personalization content of a buddy of a user of said web page, said at least one phone number being selectably downloadable to at least one mobile communications device.
23 . The method according to claim 22 and wherein said content is a name associated with said phone number.
24 . The method according to claim 22 and wherein said content is contact information associated with said phone number.
25 . The method according to claim 22 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by said user.
26 . The method according to claim 22 and wherein said personalization content is chosen by said buddy.