MOBILE PHONE AND CALL PROCESSING METHOD OF MOBILE PHONE

• US 20070190986A1
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jang Su
• Granted Patent: US 8,265,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile phone including a memory unit for storing at least one phone number, search information representing specific search conditions corresponding to the phone number, and a plurality of recorded data; and a control unit for extracting search information corresponding to the phone number of a communication counterpart, searching for recorded data satisfying a search condition included in the search information from among the plurality of recorded data using the extracted search information, and outputting the searched recorded data when a call terminating or originating service operation for telephone communication is requested. According to the present invention, a user can refer to recorded data related to a communication counterpart while using call terminating or originating call services for telephone communication so that the user can more efficiently communicate with the counterpart.

Claims

1. A mobile phone, comprising:

a memory unit adapted to store at least one phone number, search information corresponding to the at least one phone number and a plurality of recorded data; and

a control unit adapted to extract search information corresponding to a phone number of a communication counterpart, search for recorded data from among the plurality of recorded data that satisfies a search condition included in the search information and output the searched recorded data when one of a call terminating and originating service operation for telephone communication is requested,

wherein the search is performed using the extracted search information.

2. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the search information comprises at least one of a specific keyword and information for designating a type of data to be searched.

3. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the recorded data comprises at least one of message data, absent subscriber call log data, absent subscriber transcription data, schedule data, memo data and photograph data.

4. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises:

a call processing section adapted to perform the call terminating or originating service operation with a specific phone number;

a search information extracting section adapted to extract the search information using the specific phone number; and

a recorded data processing section adapted to search the memory unit for the recorded data that satisfies the search condition and output the searched recorded data.

5. The mobile phone of claim 4, wherein the recorded data processing section is further adapted to display the searched recorded data on a screen.

6. The mobile phone of claim 5, wherein the recorded data processing section is further adapted to display at least one of unconfirmed message data and most recently received message data from among corresponding message data on the screen if the searched recorded data is message data.

7. The mobile phone of claim 4, wherein the recorded data processing section is further adapted to output the searched recorded data as an audio signal if the searched recorded data is absent subscriber transcription data.

8. A mobile phone call processing method, comprising:

performing one of a call terminating and originating service operation with a specific phone number;

extracting search information corresponding to the specific phone number using one of a terminating and an originating call'"'"'s phone number;

searching for recorded data comprising the extracted search information; and

outputting the searched recorded data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein performing one of the call terminating and originating service operation comprises:

receiving a specific setup message for telephone communication from another party; and

extracting a phone number of the other party included in the setup message.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein extracting the search information comprises:

using the originating call'"'"'s phone number to extract the search information if a specific phone number is called for performing the call originating service operation.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the search information comprises at least

one of a specific keyword and information related to designating a type of data to be searched.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the recorded data comprises at least one of message data, absent subscriber call log data, absent subscriber transcription data, schedule data, memo data, and photograph data.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein outputting the searched recorded data is performed while telephone communication is performed through the one of the call terminating and originating service operation.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein outputting the searched recorded data is performed when a predetermined control signal is received while telephone communication is performed through the one of the call terminating and originating service operation.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the searched recorded data is output on a screen.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying one of unconfirmed message data and most recently received message data from among corresponding message data on the screen if the searched recorded data is message data.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising one of hiding the displayed searched recorded data and displaying other recorded data if a predetermined control signal is received while the searched recorded data are displayed on the screen.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein outputting the searched recorded data comprises:

displaying a plurality of items for which recorded data may be displayed; and

displaying recorded data related to a specific one of the plurality of items upon selection of the specific term.

19. The method of claim 8, further comprising outputting absent subscriber transcription data corresponding to the searched recorded data if the searched recorded data is absent subscriber transcription data and wherein the absent subscriber transcription data is output as an audio signal.

20. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

setting one of a type and order data to be searched.