System, method and computer program for automated speed dialing
AssigneeMCI Communications Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Johnson
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically configuring speed dial settings on a telephone system. The system receives distributions, such as phone calls, phone messages, E-mail messages, soft facsimiles and print jobs, and determines an identifier (id) corresponding to a sender of the distribution. Information (e.g., telephone number) about the sender is retrieved from an address book database using the sender's id. A speed dial setting is assigned and stored in a speed dial database using the sender's information. The system permits the recipient of the distribution to automatically dial the sender by invocation of the speed dial setting.
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A method for configuring speed dial settings on a telephone system, comprising the steps performed by the telephone of:
- receiving a distribution, wherein said distribution includes a source identifier (id) associated with a sender of said distribution;
- determining, in response to receipt of said distribution, said id associated with a sender of said distribution;
- accessing information about said sender in response to determining said id;
- and
- assigning a speed dial setting using said information, wherein the telephone system automatically dials the sender in response to invocation of said speed dial setting.
A system for configuring speed dial settings on a telephone system, comprising:
- a speed dial database;
- an address book database;
- a historical distribution correlator, wherein in response to the telephone system receiving a communication from a sender, said historical distribution correlator:
- determines an identifier corresponding to the sender of the communication, wherein said communication includes said identifier,
- reads information from said address book using said identifier, and
- writes data to said speed dial database using said information to configure a speed dial setting.
A method for programming speed dial data in a telephone system that corresponds to a plurality of distributions, comprising the steps performed by the telephone of:
- receiving more than one distribution type, wherein each of said distribution types include a source identifier associated with a sender and said distribution types include at least one of the following:
- phone call, voice messages, E-mail messages, soft facsimiles and electronic print jobs from a print queue;
- determining return call numbers for said senders of said distribution types using said source identifiers;
- assigning speed dial settings to selected ones of said return call numbers associated with said senders;
- and
- providing access to said stored information and said assigned speed dial settings.
A method for configuring speed dial settings on a telephone system, comprising the steps performed by the telephone of:
- receiving an E-Mail distribution;
- determining, automatically upon receipt of said distribution, an identifier (id) corresponding to a sender of said distribution;
- accessing information about said sender using said id;
- and
- assigning a speed dial setting using said information;
- wherein the telephone system permits a user to automatically dial the sender by invocation of said speed dial setting.
A method for configuring speed dial settings on a telephone system, comprising the steps performed by the telephone of:
- receiving a facsimile distribution;
- determining, automatically upon receipt of said distribution, an identifier (id) corresponding to a sender of said distribution;
- accessing information about said sender using said id;
- and
- assigning a speed dial setting using said information;
- wherein the telephone system permits a user to automatically dial the sender by invocation of said speed dial setting.
A method for configuring speed dial settings on a telephone system, comprising the steps performed by the telephone of:
- receiving a electronic job from a print queue print distribution;
- determining, automatically upon receipt of said distribution, an identifier (id) corresponding to a sender of said distribution;
- accessing information about said sender using said id;
- and
- assigning a speed dial setting using said information;
- wherein the telephone system permits a user to automatically dial the sender by invocation of said speed dial setting.
A system for automatically configuring speed dial settings on a telephone system, comprising:
- a speed dial database, wherein said speed dial database comprises a number of rows equal to a number of possible speed dial settings and a number of columns including a distribution type, a speed dial setting, and a speed dial setting assignment;
- an address book database;
- a historical distribution correlator, wherein when the telephone system receives a communication, said historical distribution correlator:
- determines an identifier (id) corresponding to a sender of the communication,
- reads information from said address book using said id, and
- writes data to said speed dial database using said information to configure a speed dial setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.