Patent ID: 8103261

Claim:
A valet telephone system apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a. a dedicated wireless telephone assigned to a subscriber b. a central computer accessible by an operator, said central computer being configured to receive an outgoing call from said subscriber using said dedicated wireless telephone, said dedicated wireless telephone being configured to place said outgoing telephone call only to said central computer, said central computer being configured to connect said outgoing telephone call from said dedicated wireless telephone to said operator; c. a private contact database accessible to said computer, said private contact database comprising a name of a private contact, a private contact location at which said private contact is to be reached and a private contact telephone number corresponding to said private contact location, said central computer being configured to allow said operator to connect said subscriber to said private contact at said private contact location as directed by said subscriber, said central computer being configured not to display said private contact telephone number to said operator, whereby said dedicated wireless telephone and said central computer are configured so that said outgoing call by said subscriber using said dedicated wireless telephone is completed only by said operator, wherein said private contact location is a one of a plurality of said private contact locations and wherein said private contact telephone number is a one of a plurality of said private contact telephone numbers, each of said plurality of said private contact locations having an associated one of said plurality of said private contact telephone numbers, said plurality of locations at which said private contact is to be reached being ranked by a time and a day of a week, whereby said operator will complete said outgoing call by said subscriber to a selected one of said ranked plurality of said locations at which said private contact is to be reached.