Mobile communication terminal and method for searching for country codes

• US 20050069113A1
• Filed: 04/07/2004
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung-Sup, Ryu, Jang-Young, Suh, Jung-Woo
• Application Number:
  US10/819,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20050069113A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/201.50
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal including a country code storing section for storing country codes and area codes for every country and international access codes. A control section displays the country codes, area codes, and international access codes stored in the country code storing section when a user enters a command for searching for a country code, generates a telephone number input window for inputting and sequentially displaying an international access code, a country code, and an area code, as selected by the user. The user then inputs a telephone number.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a country code storing section for storing country codes and area codes for every country, and international access codes; and

a control section for displaying the country codes, the area codes, and the international access codes stored in the country code storing section when a user enters a command for searching for a country code, and generating a telephone number input window for inputting and sequentially displaying an international access code, a country code, and an area code selected by the user.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said country codes and said area codes are input and edited by the user.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said country codes and said area codes are downloaded through a mobile communication network.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control section generates a country code search window to enable the user to input search data in the window, and displays search results obtained from searching the country code storing section according to the search data.

5. A method for searching for a country code in a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of:

storing country codes and area codes for every country, and international access codes, in a country code storing section;

receiving a command for searching for a country code from a user,

displaying the country codes, the area codes, and the international access codes from the country code storing section to enable the user to select a desired country code, area code, and international access code;

generating a telephone number input window;

sequentially displaying the selected international access code, the selected country code, and the selected area code the telephone number input window.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of sequentially entering a telephone number after the selected international access code, the selected country code, and the selected area code the telephone number input window.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of

displaying a country code search window;

receiving search data input by the user in the country code search window;

searching the country code storing section according to the search data, and

displaying search results obtained from searching the country code storing section according to the search data.