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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Curtis M. Abrue, Cumming, GA (US);
Curtis M. Abrue, Cumming, GA (US);
AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing rapid telephone call capability to a plurality of callers, the methods and systems including receiving a selection by a first party of a first code, wherein the first code is between two (2) and seven (7) characters in length, and receiving a selection by a second party of a second code, wherein the second code is between two (2) and seven (7) characters in length, and wherein the second code is different in length than the first code. The methods and systems for providing rapid telephone call capability to a plurality of callers also including storing the first code in association with a first telephone number and storing the second code in association with a second telephone number. The methods and systems for providing rapid telephone call capability to a plurality of callers further including receiving a dialed code from a caller, wherein the dialed code is between two (2) and seven (7) characters in length. If the dialed code consists of the first code, the methods and systems include connecting the caller with the first telephone number, and if the dialed code consists of the second code, the methods and systems include connecting the caller with the second telephone number.