Patent ID: 7496187
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An in-bound call directed telephone station, comprising: means for providing a handset having a call receiver and a call originator; means for providing a first memory location, coupled to the call receiver; and means for providing a comparator, coupled to the first memory location and to the call receiver; wherein, upon receipt of an inbound call by the call receiver and before the call receiver answers the in-bound call, the comparator compares an identifier of the in-bound call to an identifier list in the first memory location and terminates receipt of the in-bound call by the call receiver; wherein, upon locating a match between the identifier list and the identifier of the in-bound call, the comparator automatically activates the call originator to perform a function associated with the in-bound call identifier; and wherein the function is making a new call to a number associated with the in-bound call.