Patent ID: 7010327

Claim:
A portable cellular radiotelephone comprising: a housing; means connected to the housing for selectively producing a first condition in the portable cellular radiotelephone and, alternatively, producing a second condition in the portable cellular radiotelephone, the first condition being a state wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and the second condition being a state wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels; and means disposed in the housing for automatically calling a central voice-activated phone dialing system remote from the portable cellular radiotelephone, in direct response to switching from the first condition to the second condition in the portable cellular radiotelephone, said means for automatically calling including a dedicated memory location having stored therein a telephone number for the central voice-activated dialing system, wherein the central voice-activated phone dialing system automatically makes a connection with a spoken telephone number recited by a caller.