Method for automatically originating international call and mobile communication terminal using the same

• US 20060105790A1
• Filed: 11/14/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Young-Wan, Jin, Jeong-Gyu
• Application Number:
  US11/273,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20060105790A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.600
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for automatically originating an international call and a mobile communication terminal using the same, such that a function of automatically originating an international call according to movement of a mobile communication terminal between countries is provided. The mobile communication terminal includes a country code detecting unit for informing a country code for a corresponding country by detecting movement of a mobile communication terminal between countries. If the country code detecting unit provides an allowable country code according to the position of the mobile communication terminal, a control unit adds an international dialing code to preset information regarding a call terminating side so as to enable call connection. When the user registers a phone number of a communication counterpart in a phone directory, the user previously registers a country code for a country (in which the counterpart is located) and an area code in addition to the phone number of the counterpart as the information regarding the call terminating side. Accordingly, the user can call the counterpart positioned in another country without additionally inputting an international dialing code and a country code whenever the user originates a call.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal capable of automatically originating an international call, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a country code detecting unit for detecting a country code according to position information when the mobile communication terminal moves between countries;

a memory for storing information regarding a call terminating side and a country code of each individual input in phone directory registration; and

a control unit for determining if there is position information provided according to movement of the mobile communication terminal between countries when a user requests call origination, and for adding the country code provided from the country code detecting unit to information regarding a call terminating side input in the call origination request, thereby performing call connection.

2. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a GPS signal receiving unit for providing GPS position information regarding the mobile communication terminal such that the movement of the mobile communication terminal between countries can be detected when position of the mobile communication terminal changes.

3. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radio circuit unit for receiving the information regarding the position of the mobile communication terminal through communication with a base station.

4. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information regarding the call terminating side includes a country code, a phone number, and a name of each individual when the phone number of each individual is registered in a phone directory.

5. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying a phone number input by the user and displaying an image including an international call identification number together with the input phone number when a call is originated.

6. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 5, wherein the international call identification number includes an international dialing code and a country code.

7. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the call origination request is achieved through user input of a key for call connection after the user manually inputs a phone number of a call terminating side.

8. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the call origination request is achieved through pressing by the user of a short-cut key during a predetermined period of time, the short-cut key being stored corresponding to information regarding a call terminating side with which the user intends to communicate.

9. A method for automatically originating an international call in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

when position of the mobile communication terminal changes, receiving information regarding the position and detecting information regarding a current position of the mobile communication terminal;

extracting a previously stored code for a corresponding country according to the detected information;

inputting a phone number of a call terminating side when call origination is requested; and

performing call connection by adding the extracted code to the phone number of the call terminating side.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

inputting a phone number of a call terminating side when call origination is requested; and

storing a country code assigned to each country.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of receiving the data according to the input by the user of the information regarding the call terminating side inputting the phone number of the call terminating side from a user when a phone directory is registered comprises:

receiving a phone number of the call terminating side including an area code from the user in phone directory registration; and

receiving a country code for each phone number of each call terminating side from the user.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

extracting a country code stored corresponding to the phone number of the call terminating side; and

performing call connection by adding the extracted country code and an international dialing code corresponding to the extracted country code to the phone number.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of detecting the information regarding the current position of the mobile communication terminal comprises determining if the position change of the mobile communication terminal occurs according to movement of the mobile communication terminal between countries.