Patent ID: 6914977

Claim:
A programmable telephone system comprising: an industry-standard analog guestroom telephone having a two wire communication link for bi-directional voice communication and data transmission; the guestroom telephone including at least one speed-dial key; memory corresponding to the at least one speed key for storing data corresponding to speed-dial telephone numbers; a controller; a call recognition circuit; a computer remotely located from the guestroom telephone; the computer configured to automatically place a call to the guestroom telephone and establish communication therewith; said communication being established when the call recognition circuit determines that the call has not been answered based on a predetermined criterion; and the computer configured to transmit speed-dial data over the two-wire communication link to the guestroom telephone during said communication, wherein the controller programs the guestroom telephone with the data corresponding to the received speed-dial data; wherein both speed-dial data and said voice communication are transmitted over the same two-wire communication link.