Method of automatically providing the country code and area code of a phone number by selecting the city

• US 20020116380A1
• Filed: 12/14/2000
• Published: 08/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Yu-Bin, Tsai, Tony, Ho, David
• Application Number:
  US09/735,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20020116380A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence

Abstract

A method of automatically providing the country code and area of a phone number by selecting the city applying to programmed screen phones, mobile phones, personal digital assistants and communication devices with the dialing function. The disclosed method includes the steps of: establishing a database with the country code and area code of cities of all countries; sorting and numbering the cities to generate a look-up table; entering the city of the phone number to dial and comparing the selected city and the look-up table to generate the corresponding country code and area code of the city; and entering the country code, the area code and the phone number.

Claims

1. A method of automatically providing the country code and area code of a phone number by selecting the city for applications in programmed screen phones, mobile phones, personal digital assistant systems and communication devices with the dialing function, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing a database of country codes and area codes of cities all over the world;

sorting and numbering the cities to generate a look-up table;

entering the city of the phone number to dial and using the look-up table to check the selected city so as to provide the country and area codes of the city; and

selecting the country and area codes of the city and entering the desired phone number to dial.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device has a screen displaying information selected from the group comprising the combinations of the city name, the standard time difference, the monthly average temperature, the country code, the city long distance code and the travel information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the city name is displayed in a combination selected from the group comprising traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, and English.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of sorting the cities is performed according to the alphabet order of their English names.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps for modifying the database:

finding the city from s city selection list screen and entering the city screen;

switching to the editing mode;

modifying incorrect data; and

storing the modified data and returning to the city selection list screen.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps for appending the database:

selecting an appending mode from a city selection list screen;

entering contents of all items for appended data; and

storing the appended data and sorting all cities according to their names.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of entering contents of all items for the appended data is performed by keeping items with no values empty and separating multiple values in the same item with commas.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device has to satisfy the “

+”

standard supported by the local telephone network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the “

+”

standard means that the telephone network can convert “

+”

into the standard international long distance ID code.