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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
William S. Robbins, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
R. Tyler Wallis, Dallas, TX (US);
Anup D. Karnalkar, Allen, TX (US);
William S. Robbins, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
R. Tyler Wallis, Dallas, TX (US);
Anup D. Karnalkar, Allen, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to detect by way of an input device an entry of a communication identifier without contact information of a party associated with the communication identifier, retrieve from a database operating externally to the communication device contact information of the party according to the communication identifier, initiate a communication session according to the communication identifier, present at least a portion of the retrieved contact information and the communication identifier, and store the communication identifier in a communication log with the retrieved contact information. Other embodiments are disclosed.