Patent ID: 6597785
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for automatically dialing, from a user's telephone system, a telephone number having a first portion and a second portion and stored in a record of a memory to establish a communication connection to a remote location associated with the telephone number, comprising the steps of:selecting a record in the memory in which the telephone number to be dialed is stored; receiving a first dial command for signaling to a processor of the user's telephone system an automatic dial back request for attempting to establish the communications connection to the remote location associated with the selected record; determining, by the processor, a dialing procedure to be used in response to the automatic dial back request in accordance with the telephone number of the selected record by determining whether the first portion of the telephone number to be dialed is the same as a first portion of a telephone number of the user's telephone system, locating, when the first portion of the telephone number to be dialed is different from the first portion of the telephone number of the user's telephone system, the first portion of the telephone number to be dialed in a first look-up table comprising a list of telephone number first portions and algorithms associated with the telephone number first portions, wherein each algorithm corresponds to one of a plurality of calling procedures applicable to the telephone system, and determining the algorithm associated with the first portion of the telephone number to be dialed, locating, when the first portion of the telephone number to be dialed is the same as the first portion of the telephone number of the user's system, the second portion of the telephone number to be dialed in a second look-up table comprising a list of telephone number second portions and algorithms associated with the telephone number second portions, wherein each algorithm corresponds to one of a plurality of calling procedures applicable to the telephone system, and determining the algorithm associated with the second portion of the telephone number to be dialed; and automatically dialing, by the telephone system, the telephone number of the selected record using the determined dialing procedure.