Patent ID: 7257213

Claim:
A system to schedule placement of outgoing calls, comprising: first means for communicating with a first telephone station associated with a scheduling party that is scheduling the outgoing calls, and to communicate with at least one other telephone station associated with at least one scheduled party to receive the outgoing calls from the first telephone station, wherein the first telephone station is adapted to receive call schedule information on a telephone interface and to communicate the call schedule information to the first means; second means for communicating with the first means, and for placing the outgoing call to at least one other telephone station from the first telephone station in accordance with the call schedule information; and third means for communicating with the first means, comprising an administrative computing application, a call scheduling application, and a call information database, the third means for identifying the second means as adapted to place the outgoing call to the other telephone station from the first telephone station in accordance with the call schedule information, wherein the third means and the second means are configured to place a confirmation call to an alternate telephone station specified by the scheduling party.