Intelligent calling pattern recognition and adaptive user dialing interface

A device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory operatively coupled to said processor, said memory storing program instructions that when executed by said processor, causes said processor to:
• detect communications;
• determine a frequency of parties involved in said communications for a user role;
• create a common party list for said user role based on said frequency;
• display said common party list.

In a telephone device having a plurality of programmable keys, a method for collecting programmable key data to configure said plurality of programmable keys comprising:

• detecting communication patterns for user roles;
• determining common parties involved in said communication patterns;
• establishing a plurality of self-labeling role keys to represent said user roles;
• and
• establishing a plurality of self-labeling role associated keys corresponding with respective ones of said self-labeling role keys displaying said common parties;
• wherein upon user selection of one of said self-labeling role keys, said selection representing a current active user role, said plurality of self-labeling role associated keys are presented to said user for invoking a call to one of said common parties associated with said current active user role,
• wherein for each of said self-labeling role keys said plurality of self-labeling role associated keys are presented on said telephone as an overlay of said programmable feature keys configured for a prime line of said telephone device.