Quick dialing in a mobile phone
First Claim
1. A method for quickly initiating a telecommunication connection from a communication apparatus (10), in which method telephone numbers and corresponding identifications are stored in a memory of said communication apparatus (10) prior to making a call and where the number to be called is selected with a quick dialing method wherein the user first searches an identification on a display (11) corresponding to the required stored number by using keys (11, 12, 13), characterized in that thereafter a call to the selected number is initiated by a single touching of a predetermined area (25, 26, 27) of said display;
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23) corresponding to a required section (25, 26,
27).
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Abstract
Telephone numbers along with alphanumerical identifications representing them are stored in a 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), after which the call is initiated by pressing the activation key. In the method of this invention the display is a touch-sensitive display, and a field (24) representing an identification on the display is divided into two or more sections (25, 26, 27) each of which corresponds to a different telephone number, e.g. to work (21), home (22) or to mobile phone (23). The required number is selected by pressing the column corresponding to the required section.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for quickly initiating a telecommunication connection from a communication apparatus (10), in which method telephone numbers and corresponding identifications are stored in a memory of said communication apparatus (10) prior to making a call and where the number to be called is selected with a quick dialing method wherein the user first searches an identification on a display (11) corresponding to the required stored number by using keys (11, 12, 13), characterized in that thereafter a call to the selected number is initiated by a single touching of a predetermined area (25, 26, 27) of said display;
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in that at least two identifications (24a, 24b, 24c) are shown on the display at the same time whereby the required number is selected by first scrolling the required identification onto a pre-defined line (24b) of said display and by then touching a column (21, 22,
23) corresponding to a required section (25, 26,
27). - View Dependent Claims (6)
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2. A method for quickly initiating a telecommunication connection from a communication apparatus (10), in which method telephone numbers and corresponding identifications are stored in a memory of said communication apparatus (10) prior to making a call and where the number to be called is selected with a quick dialing method wherein the user first searches an identification on a display (11) corresponding to the required stored number by using keys (11, 12, 13), characterized in that thereafter a call to the selected number is initiated by a single touching of a predetermined area (25, 26, 27) of said display;
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in that at least one of said identifications (24) has at least two alternative telephone numbers associated thereto and stored in the memory of said communication apparatus (10), wherein when said at least one identification (24) is displayed on said display (11) a different and equally selectable sub-area (25, 26,
27) of said display corresponds to each one of said at least two alternative telephone numbers, and the user selects the number to be called by touching the corresponding sub-area of said display. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A personal communicator 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 with a plurality of equally selectable touch-sensitive sub-areas (25, 26, 27) corresponding to the telephone numbers associated with the identification (24) shown on said display (11);
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in that the touching of a predetermined selectable sub-area of said touch-sensitive sub-areas (25, 26,
27) of said display (28) will initiate a call to the corresponding telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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