Patent ID: 6201864
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of maintaining a database of numbers, each number having a plurality of digits, comprising:initiating a call by dialing a sequence of digits included in the number to be out-dialed;before the number is out-dialed, recognizing at least a part of said dialed digits and automatically searching a database that includes at least portions of a plurality of previously out-dialed numbers for said recognized dialed digits;matching said at least part of said dialed digits to at least a portion of a previously out-dialed number in said database;causing said identified previously out-dialed number to be out-dialed if there is a match; andif the number to be out-dialed does not match said previously out-dialed number in said database, storing at least a portion of said out-dialed number in said database as a previously out-dialed number only if the call was completed.