Method for generating a telephone number

• US 7,844,046 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2004
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Vehkalahti, Jani
• Primary Examiner(s): Jamal, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US10/977,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20050117736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,224 Days
• Field of Search: 379/355.02, 379/355.03, 379/355.07
• US Class Current: 379/355.07
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

Method for generating a telephone number in a device comprising at least a display for presenting a first character string. At least one second character string (1) containing a telephone number is selected from the first character string presented on the display, and a telephone number (2), which is signalled is searched for from said character string. The invention also relates to a device, a computer program and a software product implementing the method.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

executing in a selection processor of a device a selection component that selects a second character string comprising a telephone number from a first character string presented on a display of a device,

executing in a searching processor of the device a searching component that searches for the telephone number from the second character string, and further searches for a third character string in the vicinity of the telephone number, wherein said third character string comprises information on a type of a terminal connected to the telephone number, and

executing in a signalling processor of the device a signalling component to initiate signaling with the telephone number by taking into account the information on the type of the terminal connected to the telephone number.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least two telephone numbers are searched for from the second character string and at least two telephone numbers are signalled, at least one of them being the one searched for.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the telephone number is signalled to use one of the following connection forms:

an audio call, a telecopy, a text message, a sound message, an image message, and a multimedia message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information comprising the telephone number is stored in the device.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein one processor is the selection processor, searching processor, and signalling processor.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein one processor is the selection processor, searching processor, signalling processor, and storing processor.

5. A device comprising:

a selection processor configured to select a second character string comprising a telephone number from a first character string presented on a display of a device,

a searching processor configured to search for the telephone number from the second character string and a third character string from the second character string in the vicinity of the telephone number, wherein said third character string comprises information on a type of a terminal connected to the telephone number, and

a signalling processor configured to initiate signalling with the telephone number by taking into account the information on the type of the terminal connected to the telephone number.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the device also comprises a first application configured to present the first character string and to determine the second character string, and a second application configured to search for the telephone number from the second character string.

7. The device according to claim 5, wherein the searching processor is also configured to search for at least two telephone numbers from the second character string, and the signalling processor is also configured to signal at least two telephone numbers substantially simultaneously, of which telephone numbers at least one is the one searched for.

8. The device according to claim 5, wherein the signalling processor is configured to signal the telephone number to use one of the following connection forms:

an audio call, a telecopy, a text message, a sound message, an image message, and a multimedia message.

9. The device according to claim 5, wherein a storing processor of the device is configured to store the information comprising the telephone number in the device.

10. The device according to claim 5, wherein the device is one of the following:

a telecommunication device, a mobile station, a PDA, and a computer.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage structure embodying computer program code thereon for execution by a computer processor, wherein said computer program code comprises instructions for execution by said processor

for executing in a selection processor of a device a selection component that selects a second character string comprising a telephone number from a first character string presented on a display of a device,

for executing in a searching processor of the device a searching component that searches for the telephone number from the second character string, and further searches for a third character string in the vicinity of the telephone number, wherein said third character string comprises information on a type of a terminal connected to the telephone number, and

for executing in a signalling processor of the device a signalling component to initiate signaling with the telephone number by taking into account the information on the type of the terminal connected to the telephone number.