Patent ID: 8542814

Claim:
A method of enabling a user to assign speed dial addresses, the method comprising causing at least in part a first user interface to be displayed to a user via a user data device including a display, the first user interface providing: a name field configured to display and/or receive a contact name associated with a respective contact; a phone address field configured to display and/or receive a contact phone address associated with the respective contact; a speed dial field configured to receive and/or display a speed dial identifier associated with the contact phone address, for a first contact, receiving from the user via the user interface an association between a first phone address and a first speed dial identifier, wherein the user can utilize the first speed dial identifier to initiate a call to the first phone address via a first plurality of telephonic devices serviced by corresponding different telecommunications systems; for a second contact, receiving from the user via the user interface an association between a second phone address and a second speed dial identifier, wherein the user can utilize the second speed dial identifier to initiate a call to the second phone address via the first plurality of telephonic devices serviced by the corresponding different telecommunications systems; receiving, from a user telephonic device, a user selected speed dial identifier at a call processing system, the user telephonic device being different than the user data device; causing, at least in part, an outbound call to be placed, wherein: if the received user selected speed dial identifier is the first speed dial identifier, an outbound call is placed to the first phone address associated with the first speed dial identifier; if the received user selected speed dial identifier is the second speed dial identifier, an outbound call is placed to the second phone address associated with the second speed dial identifier; and causing, at least in part, the telephonic device of the user to be connected with the outbound call.