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Method and apparatus for providing automatic international and local call dialing in a mobile communication terminal

  • US 8,351,930 B2
  • Filed: 01/19/2010
  • Issued: 01/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing automatic international and local call dialing in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

  • receiving a request for an outgoing call to a previously stored phone number from a user;

    receiving, by the mobile communication terminal, country identification information from a network in which the mobile communication terminal is currently located;

    determining, by the mobile communication terminal, a country code corresponding to the received country identification information;

    comparing, by the mobile communication terminal, the determined country code with a country code included in the previously stored phone number;

    determining, by the mobile communication terminal, whether the outgoing call to the previously stored phone number is for an outgoing international call or an outgoing local call, based on a result of the comparing;

    changing, by the mobile communication terminal, the previously stored phone number in accordance with an international phone number system of a pertinent country, when the outgoing call to the previously stored phone number is the outgoing international call;

    changing, by the mobile communication terminal, the previously stored phone number in accordance with a local phone number system, when the outgoing call to the previously stored phone number is the outgoing local call;

    dialing, by the mobile communication terminal, the changed phone number;

    receiving an incoming call;

    receiving country identification information from a network in which the mobile communication terminal is currently located;

    determining a country code corresponding to the received country identification information;

    storing the determined country code and a phone number corresponding to the incoming call; and

    displaying the determined country code and the phone number, in response to a call log request from the user.

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