Patent ID: 6970556

Claim:
A communication system for operation with a plurality of subscriber devices, each associated with a subscriber, the communication system comprising: a control unit comprising a speed dial directory and a session control server, the speed dial directory storing, for each subscriber, a list of speed dial destinations, a telephone code associate with each speed dial destination, and a graphic image file associated with each speed dial destination; the session control server, in response to an indication that a subscriber device has been coupled to a subscriber station, obtains identification of the subscriber device and provides to the subscriber device the graphic image files associated with of the subscriber's speed dial destinations; and a subscriber station coupled to the control unit and comprising: a docking bay for coupling a subscriber device to the subscriber station; display means for generating a plurality of images in accordance with the image files provided by the control unit; and input means on the communication device for enabling a user to select a one of the plurality of images to signal the control unit to initiate a connection to the destination associated with the selected image.