Intelligent dialing method and intelligent dialing terminal

• US 8,903,449 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2010
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Gao, Honghua
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Mehmood B
• Application Number:
  US13/389,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20120135721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,621 Days
• Field of Search: 455/460, 455/461, 455/551, 455/414.1, 379/88.2, 379/127.01, 379/142.09, 379/142.1, 379/207.14, 379/207.15, 379/354
• US Class Current: 455/551
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence

Abstract

An intelligent dialing method and a terminal are provided by the present invention. The method includes: a terminal receiving a called number input by a user and inquiring home location information of the called number; obtaining home location information of a local host number and information of a telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs; determining a call type of this call according to the home location information of the called number and the home location information of the local host number; extracting a dialing prefix corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs and the call type according to corresponding relationship information among a stored dialing prefix with the telecommunication operator and the call type; and combining the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into a target number to make the call.

Claims

1. An intelligent dialing method, comprising:

a terminal receiving a called number input by a user and inquiring home location information of the called number;

obtaining home location information of a local host number and information of a telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs;

determining a call type according to the home location information of the called number and the home location information of the local host number and current location information of a local host;

extracting a dialing prefix corresponding to the call type and the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs according to corresponding relationship information among a stored dialing prefix with the telecommunication operator and the call type; and

combining the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into a target number to make the call;

wherein the determining the call type comprises;

when the home location information of the local host number is consistent with the current location information of the local host, and a home country of the local host number is consistent with a home country of the called number but home provinces and cities or areas thereof are inconsistent, determining that the call type is a domestic long distance call;

when the home location information of the local host number is consistent with the current location information of the local host, and a home country of the local host number is inconsistent with a home country of the called number, determining that the call type is an international long distance call; and

when the home location information of the local host number is inconsistent with the current location information of the local host, determining that the call type is an international roaming call.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the stored dialing prefix includes:

an IP dialing-in number, an international access code, and a country code or an area code corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein,

when the call type is a domestic long distance call,

the combining the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into the target number to make the call comprises:

if the terminal opens a domestic IP phone call service, then extracting a first IP dialing-in number corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs and combining the first IP dialing-in number with the called number into the target number to make the call.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein, when the call type is an international long distance call, the combining the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into the target number to make the call comprises:

if the terminal does not open an international IP phone call service, then extracting a first international access code and the country code or the area code corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs and combining the first international access code and the country code or the area code with the called number into the target number to make the call.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein,

when the call type is an international long distance call,

the combining the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into the target number to make the call comprises:

if the terminal opens the international IP phone call service, then extracting a first international access code and the country code or the area code corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs and a second IP dialing-in number corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs, and combining the second IP dialing-in number, the first international access code, the country code or the area code with the called number into the target number to make the call.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein,

when the call type is an international roaming call,

the combining the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into the target number to make the call comprises:

if the terminal does not open an international IP phone call service, then extracting a second international access code and the country code or the area code corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs, and combining the second international access code, the country code or the area code with the called number into the target number to make the call.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein,

when the call type is an international roaming call,

the combining the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into the target number to make the call comprises:

if the terminal opens an international IP phone call service, then extracting a second international access code and the country code or the area code corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs and a third IP dialing-in number corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs, and combining the third IP dialing-in number, the second international access code, and the country code or the area code with the called number into the target number to make the call.

8. A terminal, comprising an input unit, a control unit, a storage unit and a call unit, wherein

the input unit is configured to transmit a called number input by a user to the control unit;

the storage unit is configured to store a database storing corresponding relationship information among a dialing prefix with a telecommunication operator and a call type;

the control unit is configured to receive the called number, and then transmit the called number to inquire the home location information, and then receive the home location information of the called number;

obtain home location information of a local host number and information of a telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs;

determine the call type according to the home location information of the called number and the home location information of the local host number and current location information of a local host;

extract a dialing prefix corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs and the call type from the database according to the corresponding relationship information among the stored dialing prefix with the telecommunication operator and the call type; and

combine the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into a target number and then transmit the target number to the call unit;

the call unit is configured to call using the target number after receiving the target number;

wherein the determined call type includes;

a domestic long distance call if the home location information of the local host number is consistent with the current location information of the local host, and a home country of the local host number is consistent with a home country of the called number but home provinces and cities or areas thereof are inconsistent;

an international long distance call if the home location information of the local host number is consistent with the current location information of the local host, and a home country of the local host number is inconsistent with a home country of the called number; and

an international roaming call if the home location information of the local host number is inconsistent with the current location information of the local host.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

detect the current location information of the terminal; and

determine the call type according to the home location information of the called number, the home location information of the local host number and the current location information of the terminal;

extracts the dialing prefix corresponding to the telecommunication operator to which the local host number belongs and the call type from the database according to the corresponding relationship information among the stored dialing prefix with the telecommunication operator and the call type; and

combine the extracted dialing prefix with the called number into the target number and then transmit the target number to the call unit.

10. The terminal according to claim 8, further comprising an intelligent dialing key and a display unit, wherein,

the intelligent dialing key is configured to transmit a triggering signal for entering into an intelligent dialing state to the control unit after the user inputting the called number;

the display unit is configured to display the target number.

11. The terminal according to claim 9, further comprising an intelligent dialing key and a display unit, wherein,

the intelligent dialing key is configured to transmit a triggering signal for entering into an intelligent dialing state to the control unit after the user inputting the called number;

the display unit is configured to display the target number.