Patent ID: 7444171
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications system comprising: a master source in communication with a wireline network which enables a user to place a call from a wireline user phone to another phone via a wireline switch of the wireline network, a wireless network which enables the user to place a call from a wireless user phone to another phone via a wireless switch of the wireless network, and the user phones; wherein the master source stores a user profile associated with the user, 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, wherein the master source uses 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 selectively provide a copy of the speed dial list to the user phones, the wireline switch, and the wireless switch; wherein 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, at least one of the wireline switch and the wireline user phone uses 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; wherein 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, at least one of the wireless switch and the wireless user phone uses 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; wherein at least one of the user phones communicates with the master source to propagate speed dial list changes to the master source, wherein the master source updates the speed dial list stored by the master source in accordance with the changes and then uses 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.