Method, system, and article for placing a telephone call to a previously-called party
View Patent ↗Upon receiving a service code from a calling party, a list of parties previously called by the calling party is retrieved. An audio message is generated based on the list, and communicated to the calling party. A dialed input indicating a selected party from the list is received from the calling party. Based on the dialed input, a call between the calling party and the selected party is initiated.
1. A method of facilitating communication with a previously called party, the method comprising:
generating a call history list at a telephone network element, wherein the telephone network element is configured to generate the call history list using calling party identification information;
receiving, at the telephone network element, a dialed service code and the calling party identification information;
retrieving the call history list including at least one previously called party, wherein the call history list is retrieved utilizing the dialed service code and the calling party identification information;
generating an audio message representative of the call history list and the at least one previously called party, wherein the audio message includes one of a telephone number corresponding to the at least one previously called party and a name corresponding to the at least one previously called party;
receiving an input corresponding to the at least one previously called party; and
initiating a call to the at least one previously called party.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input includes at least one dialed key input.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service code comprises a vertical service code.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service code consists of fewer than seven dialed keys.
5. A telecommunication device configured to facilitate communication to a previously called party, the device comprising:
a telephone network element configured to
generate a call history list utilizing received calling party identification information;
received a dialed service code and the calling party identification information;
retrieve the call history list including at least one previously called party utilizing the dialed service code and the calling party identification information;
generate an audio message representative of the call history list and the at least one previously called party, wherein the audio message includes one of a telephone number corresponding to the at least one previously called party and a name corresponding to the at least one previously called party; and
initiate a call to the at least one previously called party, in response to a received input selection corresponding to the at least one previously called party.
6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the input selection includes at least one dialed key input.
7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the service code comprises a vertical service code.
8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the service code consists of fewer than seven dialed keys.
9. The device of claim 5 , wherein the telephone network element further comprises:
a processor;
a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing computer-readable instructions executable by the processor.
10. The device of claim 5 , wherein the received selected party input is a dual-tone multi-frequency signal.
11. The device of claim 5 , wherein the received selected party input is an audible signal.