Patent ID: 7031452

Claim:
A machine for storing, recalling and dialing telephone numbers, comprising: (a) an input device where a person may enter a telephone number, and (b) a memory device capable of storing multiple telephone numbers, and (c) a computer with the ability receive, analyze and send said telephone numbers, and (d) a device that is able to dial telephone numbers when instructed to do so by said computer, (e) wherein said received telephone numbers may be either long or short in their number of digits, and (f) wherein said computer will save said long telephone numbers in one of the memory locations, and (g) wherein the computer will search the memory looking for a matching long number when a short telephone number is received from the input device, and (h) wherein the computer, upon receiving a short number, will chose the long number from memory if a match found or if no match is found will then choose the received number, and (i) wherein the computer will choose the number received from the input device if the received number is not a short number, and (j) wherein the computer will send said chosen number to said dialing device, whereby the dialing device will cause the chosen number to dialed to the telephone exchange.