Quick dialing in personal mobile phone
First Claim
1. A method for quickly initiating a telephone call from a telephone (10), in which method telephone numbers and corresponding identifications are stored in a memory of said telephone (10) prior to making a call and the number to be called is selected with a quick dialing method so that the user first searches an identification corresponding to the desired number on a display (11) by using keys (11, 12, 13), characterized in that at least one of said identifications has at least two alternative telephone numbers associated thereto, and the desired telephone number related to said at least one identification shown on the display is selected by writing a pre-selected gesture (23) on the display (21).
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Abstract
Telephone numbers along with alphanumerical identifications representing the same are stored in the memory of a mobile phone. The number is selected with quick dialing so that the user first scrolls the identification corresponding to the required number on the display (11). In the method of this invention the display is a touch-sensitive display (21). For each identification several alternative telephone numbers are stored in the quick dialing memory, for instance to work (W), home (H), or mobile phone (M). The desired number is selected and a call initiated by writing a gesture (23) corresponding to the required number on the display (21) or in a specified field of the display (24).
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- 1. A method for quickly initiating a telephone call from a telephone (10), in which method telephone numbers and corresponding identifications are stored in a memory of said telephone (10) prior to making a call and the number to be called is selected with a quick dialing method so that the user first searches an identification corresponding to the desired number on a display (11) by using keys (11, 12, 13), characterized in that at least one of said identifications has at least two alternative telephone numbers associated thereto, and the desired telephone number related to said at least one identification shown on the display is selected by writing a pre-selected gesture (23) on the display (21).
- 9. A personal communicator (10) comprising a display (11) for displaying information, a plurality of keys (12, 13, 14) for entering information and memory means for storing telephone numbers and corresponding identifications, at least one of said keys being arranged to produce representatives of said identifications to said display when actuated, characterized in that said display (11) is a touch-sensitive display and that said personal communicator (10) further comprises character recognition means for recognizing and interpreting graphical commands entered by writing on said touch-sensitive display, said character recognition means being arranged to produce a call-initiating signal when a predetermined graphical command is entered while at least one of said identifications is displayed on said display (11).
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