Patent ID: 7801294
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications device, comprising: a telephony controller; a contacts controller, said contacts controller configured to maintain a plurality of contact telephone numbers for individual contacts, and an automatic advance calling controller operably coupled to said contacts controller and said telephony controller, when a call is initiated by a caller, the automatic advance calling controller is configured to cause the telephony controller to automatically and sequentially call the plurality of contact telephone numbers from a list for the particular contact in a predetermined order until the call is successfully completed to one of the plurality of contact telephone numbers from the list or the list is exhausted, wherein the automatic advance calling controller is configured to provide an option to continue calling a next number in the list or to terminate the call when the call is connected to an answering service or has failed to be successfully completed after a “no answer” period predetermined by the calling user.