Patent ID: 6449475
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A system for accurately matching a phone call to a corresponding entry in an electronic phonebook comprising:first means for identifying a phone number corresponding to said phone call and providing said phone number in response thereto; second means for determining a home area code; and third means for employing said home area code and at least a portion of said phone number to accurately match said phone call to a corresponding entry in said electronic phonebook whether or not entries in said electronic phonebook contain area codes, wherein: said first means includes means for identifying said phone call as an incoming or outgoing call; said third means includes means for prepending digits based on said area code to said phone number if said phone number is seven digits in length and providing an adjusted number in response thereto; said third means includes means for adjusting entries in said electronic phonebook that have only seven digits by prepending said digits based on said area code to said seven-digit phonebook entries and providing adjusted entries in response thereto; and said third means includes means for comparing said adjusted number to entries in said electronic phonebook including said adjusted entries and providing a match signal in response thereto as an output of said third means if said adjusted number matches an entry in said electronic phonebook.