Method and device for quickly storing a telephone book in a mobile device

• US 20030236104A1
• Filed: 08/09/2002
• Published: 12/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: GVC Corporation (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Lin, Suny
• Application Number:
  US10/214,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20030236104A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2755 by optical scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a device for quickly storing a phone book in a mobile device. An optical reader module and an identifier module are provided in the invention to progress a scanning and identification. The method comprises the steps of: pressing a scanning key of the mobile device to start a scanning function; taking an image by using the optical reader module to process the scanning; processing format transformation of the image by using the identifier module and driving an appointed program to edit the data involved in the corresponding image; showing the edited information on a screen; and determining whether the data shown on the screen is being stored.

The method and device for quickly storing a phone book in a mobile device of the present invention have an advantage for more quickly and conveniently storing a phone book than storing it by hand key-in.

Claims

1. A method for quickly storing a phone book in a mobile device, comprising the steps of:

pressing a scanning key on said mobile device to start a scanning function;

scanning an image by using an optical reader module installed in said mobile device;

operating said taken image with a format transforming by using an identifier module;

driving an appointed program to edit the data involved in the corresponding image;

showing said edited data on a screen; and

determining whether said data shown on the screen is being stored.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said scanning key is used for both starting said scanning function and proceeding said scanning.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said scanning function is started by pressing said scanning key.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said scanning is proceeded by pressing and holding said scanning key.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said scanning is stopped by releasing said scanning key.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the scanning key is re-pressed and kept holding to re-start the scanning function.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising steps of checking whether a space in a memory of said mobile device is available and then determining whether start said scanning function.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of determining whether n is stored is processed through a function key on the mobile device.

9. A device for quickly storing a phone book in a mobile device, which comprises an optical reader module for scanning letters or image;

a scanning key disposed on a keyboard of the mobile device for starting said optical reader module; and

an identifier module for proceeding said image with a format transformation and using an appointed program to edit said data involved in said corresponding image and displaying said data on a screen;

thereby, a quick phone book storing in said mobile device is achieved.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said scanning key is set in three states of pressing, pressing and holding, and releasing.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein a scanning function is started if said scanning key is pressed;

the mobile device is starting to proceed said scanning if a scanning key is pressed and kept holding and said scanning function is stopped if said scanning key is released.