Patent ID: 6952577

Claim:
A method for providing to a user at least one of current setting and status information associated with a telecommunication device, comprising: receiving a request for the at least one of current setting and status information; collecting the requested at least one of current setting and status information; and audibly providing the requested at least one of current setting and status information to the user, wherein the at least one of current setting and status information comprises two or more of a speaker volume level, a microphone volume level, a ringer volume level, whether the speaker is activated, whether the microphone is activated, whether the speaker is deactivated, whether the microphone is deactivated, whether call forwarding is activated, whether call forwarding is deactivated, a date setting of the device, a time setting of the device, whether do not disturb is activated, whether do not disturb is deactivated, a coverage path, a starting time for one or more time-dependent settings, a stopping time for one or more time-dependent settings, a charge level of a power source of the device, a time remaining on the charge level, an identity of a digital encoding algorithm currently in use by the device, whether any lines are active, whether any lines are inactive, what lines are active, what lines are inactive, what lines have callers on hold, a number of callers on hold, whether any new and/or old messages are enqueued in voice mail, a number of new and/or old messages enqueued in voice mail, identification information associated with at least one caller, the duration of the call, a length of time the call has been on hold, a number of parties on the call, and the names of parties on the call.