Automated access telephone system

Automated access system for use with a central station of a telephone network, comprising a control station having a pre-determined access telephone number;

• a portable dialer for transmitting acoustic signals through the handset of a caller telephone station connected to said central station, said signals including a first series of signals for dialing said pre-determined access telephone number to route and connect a call to said control station, said signals including a second series of signals which represent a dialer ID number and which are transmitted through said handset and through said central station to said control station, said second series of signals being transmitted after said call is connected to said control station, said control station including a CPU associated with a router and a programmed database which includes instructions associated with dialer ID numbers;
• said control station being configured to receive said second series of signals and in response thereto to route the call to provide a specified service as a function of the instructions associated with the dialer ID number represented by said second series of signals received from said portable dialer, wherein said control station detects the ANI of the calling telephone station and thereafter terminates said call, and wherein said instructions direct the control station to place a second call to a second telephone station having a pre-determined telephone number to detect if the second call is answered, and if it is, to place a third call based upon the ANI of the calling telephone station to connect the second telephone station with the calling telephone station.