Patent ID: 6856801
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications apparatus for determining a technical address of a communication partner to a user comprising: a device for automatically providing, based on previous communication behavior of the user, a directory including at least one technical address and at least one identifier for each one of a plurality of possible communication partners; and a device, operating automatically with a predetermined selection strategy based on the user's previous communication behavior, configured to suggest at least one communication partner from the directory based on an input by the user, the predetermined selection strategy being based on a points key of combined criteria, the criteria being selected from the group consisting of call frequency between the user and each one of the plurality of possible communication partners in the directory, time of last call between the user and each one of the plurality of possible communication partners in the directory, and possible communication partners from the directory whose at least one technical address or at least one identifier match at least part of the input provided by the user.