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Abstract

An apparatus and method of automatically handling initiation of a call by a portable intelligent communications device to a designated recipient, including the steps of determining local time for the designated recipient and determining from the local time whether to permit initiation of the call to the designated recipient. The method also includes the steps of storing time zone information for the designated recipient and calculating from the designated recipient time zone information the local time. Additionally, the method will include the steps of storing at least one phone number for the designated recipient, storing a time range during which said designated recipient may be called at each phone number, and comparing the local time of the designated recipient to the stored time range. If the local time for the designated recipient falls within the time range for one of the stored phone numbers, the call is permitted to be initiated to the designated recipient by the portable intelligent communications device; otherwise, a message is indicated when the local time of the designated recipient is outside the time range for all the designated recipient phone numbers.

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