Patent ID: 8553860

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a telephone number from a user via an interface of a telecommunications device; receiving at least one character from the user via the interface of the telecommunications device, the at least one character being received in response to key press options presented to the user; automatically saving the telephone number and the at least one character received from the user on a memory device; presenting the at least one character to the user on a display of the telecommunications device during a subsequent telephone call to the saved telephone number, said presenting the at least one character to the user comprising presenting the at least one character in a list of previously entered characters, said presenting the at least one character in a list of previously entered characters comprising ranking the list of previously entered characters based on at least one of frequency of use and time of last use; receiving at least one second character from the user via the interface during a subsequent telephone call, the at least one second character being different from the at least one character, wherein the at least one second character is received in response to the key press options; automatically saving the at least one second character on the memory device, said automatically saving of the at least one second character including automatically associating the at least one second character with the saved telephone number; and presenting the at least one character and the at least one second character to the user via the display of the telecommunications device during a telephone call to the saved telephone number after the subsequent telephone call.