System and method for voice activated dialing from a home phone

1. A method for remotely enabled voice activated dialing, the method comprising:

initiating generation of a special dial tone indicating that dialing is available to be initiated by a user by providing a voice identifier;

receiving the voice identifier over a network from a wired telephone utilized by a user;

determining dialing information associated with the voice identifier, the dialing information is enabled to be associated with a plurality of user voices and a plurality of voice identifiers;

dialing a plurality of receiving parties associated with the voice identifier simultaneously as part of a conference call utilizing the dialing information in response to receiving the voice identifier; and

connecting the wired telephone to the plurality of receiving parties.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user selection to perform voice activated dialing, wherein the user selection is enabled to be received from a plurality of phones registered for voice activated dialing, wherein the special dial tone is generated in response to the user selection, wherein the voice identifier is communicated from the wired telephone to a server to determine the dialing information associated with the voice identifier, and wherein the wired telephone is a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephone or a plain old telephone service (POTS) telephone.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving user input associating the voice identifier with the dialing information for one or more receiving parties.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the user input is received through an interactive voice response system.

5. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

displaying call information to the user, wherein the user input is received through a web portal by associating the voice identifier with the one or more receiving parties listed in the call information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

retrieving contacts for one or more directories, wherein the one or more directories are a portion of the call information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

confirming to the user that the one or more receiving parties are going to be dialed before dialing the one or more receiving parties.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing the dialing based on user preferences.

9. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

authenticating the user is authorized to provide user input and access the dialing information.

10. A system for voice activated dialing, the system comprising:

a communications network in communication with a wired telephone through a connection, the communications network configured to communicate a voice identifier received from a user of the wired telephone;

a gateway in communication with the communications network, the gateway configured to communicate the voice identifier to a server for implementing voice dialing; and

the server in communication with the communications network, the server configured to:

Initiate generation of a special dial tone indicating that dialing is available to be initiated by a user by providing the voice identifier;

receive the voice identifier over the network from a wired telephone utilized by a user;

determine dialing information associated with the voice identifier, wherein the dialing information is enabled to be associated with a plurality of user voices and a plurality of voice identifiers;

dial a plurality of receiving parties associated with the voice identifier simultaneously as part of a conference call utilizing the dialing information in response to receiving the voice identifier; and

connect the wired telephone to the plurality of receiving parties.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the server includes a voice activated dialing server configured to determine the voice identifier based on speech received from the user, and wherein the server includes a network address book server configured to determine the dialing information associated with the voice identifier and the one or more receiving parties.

12. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the server further includes one or more databases configured to store a plurality of voice identifiers and dialing information associated with each of the voice identifiers, and wherein the one or more receiving parties include a plurality of receiving parties that are dialed simultaneously as part of a conference call in response to receiving the voice identifier.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the one or more databases include a plurality of contacts associated with the one or more receiving parties, and wherein the plurality of contacts are retrieved from one or more databases utilized by the user.

14. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the server further includes:

an interactive voice response system configured to associate the voice identifier with the dialing information for calling the one or more receiving parties; and

a web server configured to provide a web portal to a client utilized by the user, wherein the web portal being operable to associate the voice identifier with the dialing information for calling the one or more receiving parties.

15. A server for remotely enabling voice activated dialing comprising:

a processor for executing a set of instructions; and

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory configured to store the set of instructions, the set of instructions are executed to:

initiate generation of a special dial tone indicating that dialing is available to be initiated by a user by providing a voice identifier;

receive the voice identifier over a network from a wired telephone utilized by a user;

determine dialing information associated with the voice identifier, the dialing information is enabled to be associated with a plurality of user voices and a plurality of voice identifiers;

dial one or more receiving parties associated with the voice identifier utilizing the dialing information; and

connect the wired telephone to the one or more receiving parties, wherein the one or more receiving parties include a plurality of receiving parties that are dialed simultaneously as part of a conference call in response to receiving the voice identifier, wherein the special dial tone is no dial tone at all, and wherein the server is operable to receive the voice identifier from the user in response to taking the wired telephone off-hook.

16. The server according to claim 15 , the set of instructions are further configured to:

display call information to the user, wherein user input is received through a web portal to associate the voice identifier with the one or more receiving parties listed in the call information.

17. The server according to claim 15 , the set of instructions are further configured to:

receive user input associating the voice identifier with the dialing information for communicating with one or more receiving parties; and

receive a user selection to perform voice activated dialing, wherein the user selection is enabled to be received from a plurality of phones registered for voice activated dialing, wherein the special dial tone is generated in response to the user selection, and wherein the voice identifier is communicated from the wired telephone to the server to determine the dialing information associated with the voice identifier.

18. The server according to claim 15 , wherein the wired telephone is a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephone or a plain old telephone service (POTS) telephone, and the set of instructions are further configured to provide an IVR system and a web portal for associating a voice command from one or more users with the voice identifier and receiving user input associating the voice identifier with the dialing information for calling the one or more receiving parties.