Desktop phone station with data synchronization

摘要

A desktop phone station for synchronizing desktop phone contact data with portable contact data stored in a portable data loading device. A communications port on the phone station provides a communications interface for the portable data loading device. The desktop phone station is capable of receiving the portable contact data from the portable data loading device through the communications port. A user interface is provided on the exterior of the phone. The user interface includes control buttons, one of which is a data synchronization button. When the data synchronization button is pressed, the portable contact data received through the communications port is synchronized with desktop phone contact data stored in a memory of the desktop phone station.