Patent ID: 8363807

Claim:
A method for performing an action on a phone in response to a user initiating a voice call, the method comprising: associating each of one or more phone numbers with an action that is to be performed by the phone; maintaining on the user's phone a table of the phone numbers associated with an action, wherein the table relates each phone number in the table to an action, wherein at least one phone number in the table is a phone number for a business, and wherein at least one action associated with the phone number for the business in the table is to provide the user with the option to download a software application associated with the business onto the phone, wherein the option is provided after continuing the call to the associated phone number and disconnecting the call from the associated phone number; listening for calls initiated by a user on the phone; in response to the user initiating a call, determining whether a phone number associated with the call is in the table, wherein such determination is made prior to placing the call; and in response to the phone number being in the table, performing an action related to such phone number in the table.