Patent ID: 8085922

Claim:
A method of assigning and utilizing speed dial identifiers that can be used via a POTS landline telephone, the method comprising causing at least in part a first user interface to be displayed to a user via a user device including a display, the first user interface providing: a name field configured to at least display a contact name associated with a contact; a phone address field configured to at least display a phone address associated with the contact; a speed dial field via which the user can specify a speed dial identifier associated with the phone address, wherein the user device is a different device than the POTS landline telephone; wherein the user can utilize the first speed dial identifier to initiate a call to the phone address associated with the contact via a plurality telephonic device types, at least one type of which is: POTS landline telephone, and at least one type of which is: a type different than POTS landline telephone; receiving at a call processing system an inbound call to a destination phone address wherein the call is placed is at least partly in response to the speed dial identifier being entered via the POTS landline telephone and signaling information associated with the call, including a calling party identification; determining, at least in part, from the calling party identification and the destination phone address, what phone address to call; placing an outbound call to the determined phone address; and, bridging the inbound call and outbound call.