Wayne A Clarke

US Patent:

7721945, May 25, 2010

Filed:

Jun 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/427658

Inventors:

Wayne A. Clarke - Coral Springs FL, US

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

235375, 235382, 235378

Abstract:

A method () and system for pre-loading preferred access contact information can include a transceiver (), memory () for pre-storing preferred access contact information for a predetermined merchant in an electronic phonebook or a speed dial number slot, a presentation device () and a processor () coupled to the transceiver and memory of a portable communication device (). The processor can be programmed to track accesses to the preferred access contact information from the memory and report the number of accesses to a server accessible by the transceiver. The processor can be programmed to automatically present an advertisement stored in memory to a user when the user accesses the preferred access contact information. Note, the manufacturer of the portable communication device can charge a fee to the predetermined merchant for pre-storing the preferred access contact information in the electronic address book or in a speed dial storage slot.