US5136637A
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Method and apparatus for automatic redialing of telephone numbers
Assignee: RS MARKETING LP
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Filing: 1990-06-22
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Granted: 1992-08-04
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Expires: 2010-06-22
Abstract
Abstract Method and apparatus for capturing and saving recently dialed telephone numbers and for redialing automatically a telephone number from among the most recently dialed telephone numbers. Embodiments of the present invention: (a) capture an outgoing telephone number when it is dialed by a caller; (b) enter the telephone number into a database comprised of the last N telephone numbers that were dialed, where N is a predetermined number of telephone numbers, while eliminating duplicative entries for a particular telephone number; (c) display the telephone numbers in the directory in response to caller input; and (d) cause a telephone number in the directory to be redialed in response to caller input.
Inventors
- 👤 Tracy Rust
- 👤 Cathy Arledge
- 👤 Gordon Ford
- 👤 Nigel James
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 12:38
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/56; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27467; H04M1/2747
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
Apparatus for capturing and storing telephone numbers dialed from a telephone set and for causing the telephone set to dial automatically one of the stored telephone numbers comprises: interaction means for interacting with the telephone set for capturing telephone numbers which are dialed by the telephone set; memory means for storing telephone numbers which are captured by the interaction means, the telephone numbers which are stored are determined in accordance with predetermined selection criteria; display means for providing a display of the stored telephone numbers; and the interaction means further comprising means for causing the telephone set to dial at least one of the stored telephone numbers; wherein the predetermined selection criteria excludes the storing of duplicate telephone number; and wherein the predetermined selection criteria further comprises time and/or data information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
Apparatus for capturing and storing telephone numbers dialed from a telephone set and for causing the telephone set to dial automatically one of the stored telephone numbers comprises: interaction means for interacting with the telephone set for capturing telephone numbers which are dialed by the telephone set; memory means for storing telephone numbers which are captured by the interaction means, the telephone numbers which are stored are determined in accordance with predetermined selection criteria; display means for providing a display of the stored telephone numbers; and the interaction means further comprising means for causing the telephone set to dial at least one of the stored telephone numbers; wherein the predetermined selection criteria excludes the storing of duplicate telephone number; and wherein the predetermined selection criteria further comprises time and/or data information.
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