ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,967, issued on June 23.

"System, method, and apparatus for initiating outbound communications from a user device" was invented by Joseph A. Charlson (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses initiating outbound communications. The system may include at least one processor of a telecommunications device comprising a display and a communication application, the at least one processor programmed or configured to: receive, with the communication application, a communication request comprising a number, the communication request initiated by a user of the telecommunications device, determine...