Telephony apparatus

摘要

A system and methods through which incoming calls to and/or outgoing calls from a telephone can be controlled. The present invention utilizes an authorized caller list to determine whether an incoming call should be connected, and a similar list to determine whether an outgoing call should be connected. The present invention can also facilitate the use of new telephone user interfaces, including by iterating through telephone numbers associated with a contact, until communications with the contact are established.

主权项

1. A wireless telephone comprising:
a plurality of buttons that are capable of receiving a first administrator identifier, information describing one or more contacts in a list of outgoing call contacts and a list of incoming call contacts, each contact in the list of incoming call contacts including at least one telephone number and caller-id text; a storage device that is capable of storing the information, a predetermined administrator identifier that is pre-associated with the wireless telephone, the list of outgoing call contacts and the list of incoming call contacts; and a processor that is capable of:
including the information about a contact in the list of outgoing call contacts when the first administrator identifier matches the predetermined administrator identifier;including the information about a contact in the list of incoming call contacts when the first administrator identifier matches the predetermined administrator identifier;restricting outgoing calls made by the phone to the list of outgoing call contacts; andrestricting incoming calls received by the phone to the telephone numbers and caller-id texts of the list of incoming call contacts.