Telephone with adaptive speed dial mechanism
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1. A telephone, comprising:
- a speed dial memory; and
a speed dial updating unit adapted to automatically update the speed dial memory based on calling history;
wherein the speed dial updating unit includes an outgoing telephone number memory adapted to store outgoing telephone numbers associated with outgoing calls, and a score keeping unit adapted to maintain a count of the number of calls to each outgoing telephone number;
wherein the speed dial updating unit includes a threshold unit adapted to set a threshold, such that the score keeping unit maintains a count of the number of calls since the threshold for each outgoing telephone number; and
wherein the threshold is based on at least one of a measure of time and a number of calls.
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Abstract
A telephone adaptively updates its speed dial memory. For example, the telephone updates the speed dial memory based on a calling history. An example of a calling history based update according to the invention is to add frequently called telephone numbers to the speed dial memory and to drop infrequently called telephone numbers from the speed dial memory. Another example is to order the telephone numbers in the speed dial memory based on the frequency with which they are called.
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1. A telephone, comprising:
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a speed dial memory; and
a speed dial updating unit adapted to automatically update the speed dial memory based on calling history;
wherein the speed dial updating unit includes an outgoing telephone number memory adapted to store outgoing telephone numbers associated with outgoing calls, and a score keeping unit adapted to maintain a count of the number of calls to each outgoing telephone number;
wherein the speed dial updating unit includes a threshold unit adapted to set a threshold, such that the score keeping unit maintains a count of the number of calls since the threshold for each outgoing telephone number; and
wherein the threshold is based on at least one of a measure of time and a number of calls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of configuring a speed dial memory, comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of speed dial numbers; and
automatically updating the stored plurality of speed dial numbers based upon a call history;
further comprising the step of ordering the stored speed dial numbers based on a criterion;
wherein the criterion includes at least one of the number of calls placed to each stored speed dial number within a predetermined period of time, the number of calls received from each stored speed dial number within a predetermined period of time, the number of calls placed to each stored speed dial number within a predetermined total number of outgoing calls, the amount of call time for calls placed to each stored speed dial number, and the number of calls received from each stored speed dial number within a predetermined total number of incoming calls. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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