Patent ID: 6047062
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of controlling a local telephone station to facilitate the making of calls, comprising the steps of:storing name and telephone number data for a plurality of subscribers in association with respective speedcall facilities at said local telephone station in a local database to permit the making of telephone calls from said local telephone station by activating the appropriate speedcall facility for a selected subscriber;receiving an incoming call at said local telephone station from a calling party;extracting data representing the calling party's name and telephone number from caller id data associated with the incoming call;matching data representing the calling party's name with name data stored in said database;comparing said extracted data representing the calling party's number with number data stored in said database and associated with the calling party's name; andchanging the number data stored in said database and associated with the calling party to the extracted number data when said extracted data and said stored data do not match.