Phone device directory entry addition
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsC. Troy Jensen, David M. Payne, Tim M. Hoberock
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Abstract
The addition of directory entries into phone devices, such as telephones, is disclosed. The phone devices are coupled to common phone line wiring, and have caller ID, caller log, and directory storage capabilities. Phone calls are simulated to the phone devices. The phone calls correspond to directory entries, such as those that the user wishes to add to the phone devices. Each phone call has caller ID information reflecting a corresponding directory entry. After the phone calls for the directory entries have been simulated, each phone device has a caller log of the caller ID information of the simulated phone calls for transfer into a directory storage thereof.
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A system for adding a plurality of directory entries to a directory storage of each of one or more phone devices coupled to common phone line wiring and having caller ID and caller log capabilities, the system comprising:
- a phone simulator capable of simulating phone calls with caller ID information on the common phone line wiring to the one or more phone devices;
- and,
- a control device to simulate a plurality of phone calls corresponding to the plurality of directory entries through the phone simulator to the one or more phone devices, each phone call having caller ID information reflecting a corresponding directory entry,
- such that after simulation of the plurality of phone calls by the control device each of the one or more phone devices has a caller log of the caller ID information of each phone call simulated for transfer into the directory storage thereof.
A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to cause performance of a method comprising, for each of a plurality of directory entries:
- converting the directory entry to caller ID information reflecting the directory entry;
- and,
- simulating a phone call having the caller ID information reflecting the directory entry to one or more phone devices having caller ID, caller log, and directory storage capabilities,
- such that, after simulation of the phone call for each of the plurality of directory entries, each of the one or more phone devices has a caller log of the caller ID information of the phone call simulated for each of the plurality of directory entries for transfer into a directory storage thereof.
A method for adding a plurality of directory entries to a directory storage of each of one or more phone devices coupled to common phone line wiring and having caller ID and caller log capabilities, the method comprising:
- asserting at least temporary exclusive control of the common phone wiring;
- and,
- simulating a plurality of phone calls corresponding to the plurality of directory entries to the one or more phone devices over the common phone line wiring, each phone call having caller ID information reflecting a corresponding directory entry,
- such that after simulation of the plurality of phone calls each of the one or more phone devices has a caller log of the caller ID information of each phone call simulated for transfer into the directory storage thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.