Method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party

• US 20040204119A1
• Filed: 06/27/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Feng, Yong-Jun, Ho, David
• Granted Patent: US 6,947,730 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/564
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2749 Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/46 Arrangements for calling a number of substations in a predetermined sequence until an answer is obtained

Abstract

The invention is to provide a method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party consisting of establishing a database recording a plurality of telephone numbers of a called party set by a user in a telephone directory stored in a memory of a mobile telephone; automatically searching the said database to determine whether the said called party has other telephone numbers when detecting that the line of one telephone number of the said called party being dialed is busy; and listing all the other telephone numbers in the said database belonging to the said called party on a screen of the mobile telephone for selectable dialing, thereby effectively reducing the time spent on user searches for other telephone numbers as well as the annoying dialing of other telephone numbers.

Claims

1. A method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party, the said method is to establish a database in a telephone directory stored in a memory of a mobile telephone and, the said database is utilized to record a plurality of telephone numbers of a called party set by a user, such that when a central processing unit of the said mobile telephone detects a dialing signal to the said called party, the said central processing unit executes the procedures as follows:

automatically searching the said database to determine whether the said called party has other telephone numbers when detecting that the line of one telephone number of the said called party being dialed is busy;

listing all the other telephone numbers in the said database belonging to the said called party on a screen of the mobile telephone for selectable dialing.

2. A method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party as claimed in claim 1, in which the said mobile telephone is respectively comprised of:

a plurality of input keys utilized for configuration and inputting operations;

the said memory is utilized to record information entered into the said database;

the said central processing unit is utilized to search data in the said database and, furthermore, execute an analysis of the said data found to provide for the corresponding procedures;

the said screen is utilized for displaying the said data in a frame of a user-selectable dialing table comprising multiple telephone numbers and other related information;

a transceiver circuit utilized for reception and transmission of dialing signals.

3. A method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party as claimed in claim 2, in which the said dialing table respectively consists of a name/full name column, a data type column, and a duration column, wherein each group of a plurality of the said called parties is arranged in consecutive order and, furthermore, the said plurality of telephone numbers of each said called party is in a sequence determined by the user, with the said telephone numbers including at least one home telephone number, company telephone number, or mobile telephone number, and so forth.

4. A method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party as claimed in claim 3, in which when the said central processing unit of the said mobile telephone detects a dialing signal, the said procedures further comprises:

transmitting the telephone number of a called party dialed by the user as a signal from the said transceiver circuit;

automatically searching the said database to determine whether the said called party has other telephone numbers and listing all other telephone numbers belonging to the said called party on the said screen for user-selectable dialing when detecting that the line of the telephone number being dialed is busy,

based on the said memory settings, determining whether the said other telephone numbers are configured for manual user-selectable dialing, and transmitting one of the said other telephone numbers selected by the user through pressing the said input keys as a signal from the said transceiver circuit;

repeating the said procedures when a busy line is detected after dialing until a successful connection is achieved;

otherwise, indicating a successful dial-up connection.

5. A method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party as claimed in claim 4, in which when a busy line occurs after dialing, the said central processing unit executes the procedure of automatically searching the said database to determine whether the said called party has the said other telephone numbers;

if there isn'"'"'t any other telephone number, then re-dialing the same telephone number repeatedly to increase answering probability until the call is answered.

6. A method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party as claimed in claim 4, in which while based on the said memory settings determining that the said other telephone numbers were previously configured for automatic dialing, automatically dialing the said other telephone numbers sequentially and transmitting the said other telephone number being dialed as a signal from the said transceiver circuit until a successful dial-up connection is achieved.