Patent ID: 7746994
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A telephone that manages integrally stored telephone data, comprising: a memory that stores telephone data related to at least one of incoming and outgoing telephone calls; a public list containing public telephone data is accessible to all users during operation of the telephone; a personal secret access code entry device that enables a user of the telephone to enter a personal secret access code, wherein access to said stored telephone data is limited to said public list containing public telephone data, until such time as the user enters said personal secret access code, and after entering the personal secret access code, the user has access to said public telephone data contained in said public list and to a private list containing private telephone data that is associated with said inputted personal secret access code, wherein both the private telephone data and the public telephone data are stored in the telephone; and an inhibitor that prevents at least one of a visual indication and an audible indication of an incoming call when a telephone number of said incoming call is designated to be a private call corresponding to a personal secret access code that has not been inputted into said telephone by a current user of said telephone.