Auto-save, retrieval, and presentation of key press sequences

A method for communicating on a telecommunications device, said method comprising:

• executing a first telephone call, said executing of the first telephone call including:
• receiving a telephone number from a user,
• receiving at least one first character from the user, the at least one first character being received in response to key press options presented to the user, and
• automatically saving the telephone number and the at least one first character received from the user on a memory device, said automatically saving the telephone number and the at least one first character includes automatically associating the at least one first character with the telephone number;
• executing a subsequent telephone call, said executing of the subsequent telephone call including:
• receiving the telephone number from the user,
• receiving at least one second character from the user, the at least one second character being different from the at least one first character, and
• automatically saving the at least one second character received from the user on the memory device, said automatically saving the telephone number and the at least one second character includes automatically associating the at least one second character with the telephone number;
• and
• executing a telephone call after the subsequent telephone call, said executing of the telephone call after the subsequent telephone call including:
• receiving the telephone number from the user, and
• presenting the at least one first character and the at least one second character to the user with a display of the telecommunications device, said presenting the at least one character to the user comprising presenting the at least one character in a list of previously entered characters, said presenting the at least one character in a list of previously entered characters comprising ranking the list of previously entered characters based on one of frequency of use and time of last use.

A method for communicating on a telecommunications device, said method comprising:

• receiving a telephone number from a user via an interface of a telecommunications device;
• receiving at least one character from the user via the interface of the telecommunications device, the at least one character being received in response to key press options presented to the user;
• automatically saving the telephone number and the at least one character received from the user on a memory device, said automatically saving the telephone number and the at least one character includes automatically associating the at least one character with the telephone number;
• saving contextual information associated with the at least one character, the contextual information indicating at least one of a time of day that the at least one character is entered, a date that the at least one character is entered, and a type of call where the at least one character is entered;
• presenting the at least one character in a list of previously entered characters to the user on a display of the telecommunications device during a subsequent telephone call, said presenting the at least one character comprising ranking the list of previously entered characters based on one of frequency of use and time of last use;
• receiving at least one second character from the user during a subsequent telephone call, the at least one second character being different from the at least one character, wherein the at least one second character is received in response to the key press options;
• automatically saving the at least one second character, said automatically saving of the at least one second character including automatically associating the at least one second character with the telephone number;
• and
• presenting the at least one character and the at least one second character to the user during a telephone call after the subsequent telephone call.