Telephone quick dialing/re-dialing method and apparatus
AssigneeHall Aluminum LLC
InventorSwain W. Porter
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Abstract
A telephone is equipped to enable a user to enter a dialing prefix, an append indicator, and a dialing request to quickly place a call to a callee from a location where calling the callee requires the dialing prefix. In response, the telephone places the call to the callee using the dialing prefix and a last placed call number. In an alternate embodiment, a previous dialed number may be used instead. In yet other embodiments, the telephone detects for a dialing error, using voice recognition technology, and either re-places the call or facilitates re-placement of the call in a corrected manner. In one embodiment, the telephone is a wireless mobile phone; in another, the telephone is a wired or cordless telephone handset.
Claims17
A machine implemented method comprising:
- accepting a dialing prefix;
- accepting an append indicator;
- accepting a dialing request;
- and
- dialing a callee using a last dialed phone number preceded with said dialing prefix.
A telephony apparatus comprising:
- storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to operate the telephony apparatus to enable the telephony apparatus to
- accept a dialing prefix,
- accept an append indicator,
- accept a dialing request, and
- dial a callee using a last dialed phone number preceded with said dialing prefix;
- and
- a processor coupled to the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.
A machine implemented method comprising:
- accepting a dialing prefix;
- accepting an append indicator;
- and
- dialing a callee using a previously dialed phone number preceded with said dialing prefix.
A telephony apparatus comprising:
- storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to operate the telephony apparatus to enable the telephony apparatus to
- accept a dialing prefix,
- accept an append indicator, and
- dial a callee using a previously dialed phone number preceded with said dialing prefix;
- and
- a processor coupled to the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.