Method and system for sharing speed dial lists amongst multiple telecommunications services

A telecommunications method for use with a wireline network and a wireless network, the wireline network enabling a user to place a call from a wireline user phone to another phone via a wireline switch of the wireline network, the wireless network enabling the user to place a call from a wireless user phone to another phone via a wireless switch of the wireless network, the method comprising:

• storing a user profile associated with the user in a master source which is in communication with the networks and the user phones, the user profile including information identifying the user phones, the wireline switch, and the wireless switch, the user profile further including a speed dial list associated with the user, the speed dial list having speed dialing sequences which respectively correspond to phone numbers of other phones;
• using the user profile by the master source to determine which phones are the user phones, which switch is the wireline switch, and which switch is the wireless switch in order for the master source to selectively download a copy of the speed dial list from the master source to the user phones, the wireline switch, and the wireless switch;
• in response to the user using the wireline user phone to place a call to another phone by dialing on the wireline user phone the speed dialing sequence corresponding to the other phone, using by at least one of the wireline switch and the wireline user phone the copy of the speed dial list in order to convert the dialed speed dialing sequence to the phone number corresponding to the other phone for the user to place the call from the wireline user phone to the other phone via the wireline network;
• in response to the user using the wireless user phone to place a call to another phone by dialing on the wireless user phone the speed dialing sequence corresponding to the other phone, using by at least one of the wireless switch and the wireless user phone the copy of the speed dial list in order to convert the dialed speed dialing sequence to the phone number corresponding to the other phone for the user to place the call from the wireless user phone to the other phone via the wireless network;
• communicating from at least one of the user phones with the master source to propagate speed dial list changes to the master source;
• updating in the master source the speed dial list stored by the master source in accordance with the changes;
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• using by the master source the user profile to determine which phones are the user phones, which switch is the wireline switch, and which switch is the wireless switch in order for the master source to provide the speed dial list changes to the user phones, the wireline switch, and the wireless switch for the user phones, the wireline switch, and the wireless switch to update their copy of the speed dial list in accordance with the changes.