Patent ID: 6804338
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
An electronic telephone directory automatically created by caller identification data in incoming telephone calls, comprising:a permanent directory memory configured to store a collection of telephone numbers forming an electronic telephone directory; a decision unit configured to determine if said caller identification data from an incoming telephone call is to be stored, wherein said determination is based on a response made by a user to the incoming telephone call and said determination is made without any direct user input indicating whether said caller identification data from said incoming telephone call is to be stored; and a circuit configured to write said caller identification data from said incoming telephone call into said permanent memory if said decision unit determines said data is to be stored; wherein said incoming telephone call is a call-waiting call made available by a call waiting service and said incoming telephone call comes in while a current telephone call is in progress; and wherein said response made by said user include switching to a new caller from the call-waiting call, dropping a current caller from the current telephone call, or joining the new caller and the current caller into a conference call.