Patent ID: 6084949
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
An automatic dialing method of a telephone system including an optical reception unit sensitive to infrared reception from an electronic pocketbook including an optical transmission unit for infrared transmission of a telephone number of an interested person registered in the electronic pocketbook, comprising the steps of:receiving an infrared signal transmitted from said optical transmission unit of said electronic pocketbook, via said optical reception unit of said telephone system, when a telephone handset is in an off-hook state, said infrared signal containing a telephone number of an interested person selected for an automatic dialing function and previously registered in said electronic pocketbook, wherein said electronic pocketbook is separately located from said optical reception unit, wherein said electronic pocketbook includes a first key input unit for manually inputting other telephone numbers, and wherein said telephone system includes a second key input unit for manually inputting additional telephone numbers;analyzing data information representing the telephone number of the interested person contained in said infrared signal; anddialing, automatically, the telephone number of the interested person received via said optical reception unit, via a dialer of said telephone system, corresponding to the analyzed data information.