Speed dialling method for a telephone unit

Claim 1

A speed dialing method for a telephone unit having a keypad with numeric keys and function keys, a display unit and a program-controlled processor unit with a storage element for the control of the operation of the telephone unit, said method comprising the steps of: a) causing the telephone number dialed each time by the caller to be read by the processor unit of the telephone unit; b) storing said telephone number the first time it is dialed in a free memory location of a speed dialing memory section of said storage element and, if said dialed number is already stored in a memory location, accumulating a predetermined numerical value in a respective accumulator associated with the memory location of the dialed telephone number; c) putting the telephone numbers in the speed dialing memory into an order corresponding to the content of their respective accumulators; d) as a new call is being initiated, displaying the first telephone number in said speed dialing memory or the respective number last dialed during the previous call on the display unit, providing the caller with the option of displaying the first telephone number in the speed dialing memory by pressing a particular function key; and e) by means of a a further function key actuated by the caller, directing the telephone unit to transmit the telephone number showing on the display unit as a dialing signal to a telephone connection.