Automated telephone number transfer
First Claim
1. A communication method including:
- storing data defining a plurality of contacts in a memory of a first communication device;
detecting selection of a contact via a user interface of the first communication device; and
communicating with a second communication device to transfer data corresponding to the selected contact to the second communication device and to instruct the second communication device to initiate a call to a communication device of the selected contact.
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Abstract
A method and a system allow a user of a portable communication device such as a mobile telephone to transfer contact data automatically from the portable communication device to a fixed line communication device and initiate a call to a selected contact via the fixed line device. The portable device transmits contact data wirelessly to a wireless reception unit associated with the fixed line communication device, and carries out a permission process to ensure that the portable device is authorized to instruct the fixed line device to initiate a call. The portable device then instructs the fixed line device to initiate a call and the user uses an audio interface of the fixed line device to make the call.
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17 Claims
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1. A communication method including:
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storing data defining a plurality of contacts in a memory of a first communication device;
detecting selection of a contact via a user interface of the first communication device; and
communicating with a second communication device to transfer data corresponding to the selected contact to the second communication device and to instruct the second communication device to initiate a call to a communication device of the selected contact. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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- 3. A method according to claim 1, including instructing the second communication device to initiate a call to a communication device of the selected contact via a fixed line telephone network.
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3-1. A communication system including:
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a first communication device having a memory to store data defining a plurality of contacts, a user interface operable to select a desired contact, and a first communication interface; and
a second communication device comprising a second communication interface to receive data from the first communication interface of the first communication device and a network interface to communicate with a third party communication device via a network;
wherein the first communication device is to transmit contact data to the second communication device corresponding to a selected contact and to transmit instruction data to instruct the second communication device to initiate a call, the second communication device being responsive to the instruction data to initiate a call to a communication device of the selected contact.
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11. A communication device including:
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a user interface;
a network interface to communicate with a third party communication device via a network;
a communication interface to receive contact data and instruction data from a third party communication device having a complementary communication interface; and
a processor responsive to the instruction data to initiate a call via the network interface to a third party communication device identified by the contact data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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