Patent ID: 6643369
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a custom telephone for a user before said user has access to said telephone, said method comprising:providing a programmable telephone; determining a geographic location in which the telephone is to be used; determining at least one telephone area code in use in the determined geographic area; for each area code determined to be in use in the determined geographic area: (a) programming a memory of said telephone with said area code; (b) associating a user-activatable area code selector button on said telephone with said area code programmed in said memory whereby, upon a user selecting said area code selector button, said area code programmed in said memory and associated with said area code selector button is automatically dialed as at least part of a prefix to a telephone number dialed by a user using a key pad of said telephone; and, (c) placing area code indicia on said area code selector button indicative of said area code associated with said button.