Patent ID: 8594315
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: monitoring, by a processor executable autodial administration agent, a user's manipulation of a plurality of activators of a voice communication device by maintaining a set of data structures comprising a set of activator identifiers associated with the plurality of activators of the voice communication device, a timestamp associated with an instance of user activation of a sequence of two or more of activators or receipt of a call from a telephone number corresponding to the plurality of activators, and a counter indicating a number of instances, within a selected time period, that a user has activated the sequence of two or more of activators or received a call from the telephone number, wherein the set of data structures further comprises an answer type of a call to a telephone number associated with the sequence of two or more of activators and wherein the answer type describes one of: a live person answered the call, an answering machine answered the call, the call was not answered, and a called telephone number was busy when the call was placed; based on the monitoring of the user's manipulation of the plurality of activators, identifying, by the processor executable autodial administration agent, a selected sequence of two or more activators repetitively activated by the user, wherein user activation of the selected sequence of the two or more activators causes at least one of a selected telecommunication function and a selected telecommunication feature to be performed, wherein at least one activator of the selected sequence corresponds to the at least one of a selected telecommunication function and a selected telecommunication feature, and wherein the at least one of a selected telecommunication function and a selected telecommunication feature is not associated with calling a single phone number; in response to identifying the selected sequence of two or more activators repetitively activated by the user, automatically prompting, by the processor executable autodial administration agent, the user whether to associate the selected sequence of two or more of activators with a common activator, whereby activation of the common activator automatically causes the at least one of a selected telecommunication function and a selected telecommunication feature to be performed; when the user affirmatively responds, automatically associating, by the processor executable autodial administration agent, the selected sequence of two or more of activators with the common activator; and when the user negatively responds, not associating, by the processor executable autodial administration agent, the selected sequence of two or more of activators with the common activator and marking the selected sequence of two or more of activators as being ineligible for further prompting of the user in automatically prompting the user whether to associate the selected sequence of two or more of activators with a common activator in connection with the at least one of a selected telecommunication function and a selected telecommunication feature.