Method for registering phone number in telephone

• US 6,757,376 B1
• Filed: 12/21/1998
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Sung-Pyo
• Primary Examiner(s): Harvey, Minsun Oh
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAROLD, JEFFEREY F
• Application Number:
  US09/217,744
• Time in Patent Office: 2,017 Days
• Field of Search: 379/355, 379/354, 379/368, 379/93.23, 379/355.09, 379/356.01, 379/140, 379/355.05, 379/142.04, 379/355.02
• US Class Current: 379/355.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use

Abstract

A method is provided for registering a dialed phone number in a telephone having a speed dial list and a redial list. The method includes the step of determining whether the dialed phone number is registered in the speed dial list, upon receipt of the dialed phone number. Speed dial information for the dialed phone number is displayed and registered in the redial list, when the dialed phone number is registered in the speed dial list. Then, it is determined whether the dialed phone number is registered in the redial list, when the dialed phone number is not registered in the speed dial list. A dialing frequency of the dialed phone number is set to one and the dialed phone number is registered in the redial list, when the dialed phone number is not registered in the redial list. The dialing frequency is increased by one when the dialed phone number is registered in the redial list, and then it is determined whether the dialing frequency is one of greater than and equal to a predetermined value. The dialed phone number is registered in the speed dial list, when the dialing frequency is one of greater than and equal to the predetermined value.

Claims

1. A method for registering a dialed phone number in at least one of a speed dial list and a redial list of a telephone, comprising the steps of:

dialing a phone number;

determining whether the dialed phone number is registered in the speed dial list, upon dialing of the phone number;

displaying speed dial information for the dialed phone number and registering the information in the redial list, when the dialed phone number is registered in the speed dial list;

determining whether the dialed phone number is registered in the redial list, when the dialed phone number is not registered in the speed dial list;

setting a dialing frequency of the dialed phone number to one and registering the dialed phone number in the redial list, when the dialed phone number is not registered in the redial list;

increasing the dialing frequency by one when the dialed phone number is registered in the redial list, and determining whether the dialing frequency is greater than or equal to a predetermined value; and

registering the dialed phone number in the speed dial list, when the dialing frequency is greater than or equal to the predetermined value.

2. A method for registering a dialed phone number in at least one of a speed dial list and a redial list of a telephone, comprising the steps of:

dialing a phone number;

determining whether the dialed phone number is registered in the speed dial list of the telephone;

displaying speed dial information of the dialed phone number when it is determined that the dialed phone number is registered in the speed dial list;

recording a dialing frequency of the dialed phone number and registering the dialed phone number in the redial list, when the dialed phone number is not registered in the speed dial list; and

automatically registering the dialed phone number in the speed dial list, when the dialing frequency of the dialed phone number exceeds a predetermined value.