METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR EXPEDIENTLY EDITING TELEPHONE NUMBER

• US 20080032683A1
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeon, Chul-Yong, Shin, Yong
• Application Number:
  US11/832,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20080032683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27457 Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile terminal having an expedient telephone number editing and dialing function. When a user presses a SEND key during the display of a telephone number detected from a phonebook, the mobile terminal detects a SEND key input pattern and processes the telephone number according to the SEND key input pattern. Particularly, when the SEND key is pressed in a predetermined telephone number editing pattern, the mobile terminal initiates a mode for editing the telephone number so that the user can easily edit the telephone number, for example, by adding a specific code or digit, without the need for excessive key-pressings to select the telephone number editing mode.

Claims

1. A method for editing a telephone number in a mobile terminal, comprising:

determining whether a Call connection key is pressed during the display of a telephone number detected according to a user'"'"'s request for search;

determining an input pattern of the Call connection key;

displaying a mode for editing the detected telephone number when the input pattern is a telephone number editing pattern;

editing the telephone number according to a key input by the user; and

dialing the edited telephone number when the Call connection key is pressed again during the display of the edited telephone number.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input pattern is determined according to one of a duration of pressing the Call connection key and a number of times the Call connection key is pressed.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising dialing the detected telephone number when the input pattern is a dialing pattern.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the input pattern is determined according to one of a duration of pressing the Call connection key and a number of times the Call connection key is pressed.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising dialing the detected telephone number with an addition of a previously stored code when the input pattern is a pattern for using a specific service.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the input pattern is determined according to one of a duration of pressing the Call connection key and a number of times the Call connection key is pressed.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein said specific service is one of an internal extension access and a caller number non-display service.

8. A mobile terminal for expediently editing a telephone number, comprising:

a memory for storing at least one telephone number;

a key input unit for outputting a key input signal corresponding to a key pressed by a user, the key input unit comprising a Call connection key; and

a control unit for reading out a specific telephone number from the memory according to a request by the user for a search of the specific telephone number, detecting an input pattern of the Call connection key, editing the specific telephone number based on a key input by the user when the input pattern is a telephone number editing pattern, and dialing the edited telephone number when the Call connection key is pressed again.

9. The mobile terminal according to any of claim 8, wherein the input pattern is determined according to one of a duration of pressing the Call connection key and a number of times the Call connection key is pressed.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, further comprising a display unit for displaying the specific telephone number, and displaying a mode for editing the specific telephone number when the input pattern is a predetermined telephone number editing pattern during the display of the specific telephone number.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the input pattern is determined according to one of a duration of pressing the Call connection key and a number of times the Call connection key is pressed.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein said control unit directly dials the specific telephone number when the input pattern is a dialing pattern.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the input pattern is determined according to one of a duration of pressing the Call connection key and a number of times the Call connection key is pressed.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein said control unit dials the specific telephone number with an addition of a previously stored code when the input pattern is a pattern for using a specific service.

15. The mobile terminal according to any of claim 14, wherein the input pattern is determined according to one of a duration of pressing the Call connection key and a number of times the Call connection key is pressed.