Mobile communication terminal and method therefore

• US 20060094353A1
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kraft, Christian, Nielsen, Peter Dam
• Application Number:
  US10/978,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20060094353A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/17
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence

Abstract

A method for providing an international telecommunication number comprising a plurality of digits corresponding to at least a country code, from a mobile telecommunication terminal to a base station, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of digits in a control unit in the mobile telecommunication terminal, said digits identifying a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network, and determining if one or more of the plurality of digits correspond to a country code. If the one or more of the plurality of digits do not correspond to a country code, an international telecommunication number is created by adding a country code to the plurality of digits, whereupon the international telecommunication number is transferred to the base station.

Claims

1. A method for providing an international telecommunication number, comprising a plurality of digits corresponding to at least a country code, from a mobile telecommunication terminal to a base station, said method comprising:

receiving a plurality of digits in a control unit in the mobile telecommunication terminal, said digits identifying a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network,

determining if one or more of the plurality of digits correspond to a country code,

if the one or more of the plurality of digits do not correspond to a country code, creating an international telecommunication number by adding a country code to the plurality of digits, and

transferring the international telecommunication number to the base station.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the country code is read from the memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit receives the digits from a memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit receives the digits from an input unit, such as a keyboard, in the mobile telecommunication terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile telecommunication terminal is associated with a subscription of services from a home network, said method comprising:

determining in which country the mobile telecommunication terminal is located

determining if the current location of the mobile telecommunication terminal corresponds to the country of the home network,

wherein said creation of the international telecommunication number is performed only if the current location of the mobile telecommunication terminal does not correspond to the country of the home network.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein said creation of the international telecommunication number is performed by reading a default country code from the memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal and adding said country code to the plurality of digits.

7. The method according to claim 5 comprising:

determining in which country the mobile telecommunication terminal is located by means of a satellite navigation system, such as GPS (Global Positioning System) or Galileo.

8. The method according to claim 5 comprising:

receiving a mobile telecommunication network ID from a base station, and

determining in which country the mobile telecommunication terminal is located by means of the received mobile telecommunication network ID.

9. The method according to claim 1 comprising:

presenting, on a display on the mobile telecommunication terminal for selection, data identifying one or more countries corresponding to one or more country codes if it is determined that the telephone number does not comprise a country code.

10. The method according to claim 1 comprising:

analyzing the sequential structure of said plurality of digits,

determining, from the sequential structure of the digits, in which country the plurality of digits relate to a subscriber number,

wherein said creation of the international telecommunication number is performed by reading a country code corresponding to the country in which the plurality of digits relate to a subscriber number from the memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal and adding the country code to the plurality of digits.

11. A mobile telecommunication terminal comprising:

a control unit adapted to receive a plurality of digits and determine if one or more of the plurality of digits correspond to a country code, wherein the control unit is further adapted to create an international telecommunication number, if the one or more of the plurality of digits do not correspond to a country code, by adding a country code to the plurality of digits.

12. A method for storing an international telecommunication number in a memory in a mobile telecommunication terminal, said method comprising:

transferring a plurality of digits from the mobile telecommunication terminal to a base station in order to set up a communication to the subscriber terminal,

receiving a confirmation signal from the base station, said confirmation signal indicating that a communication has been established between the mobile telecommunication terminal and the subscriber terminal,

creating the international telecommunication number in the mobile telecommunication terminal by associating a country code with the received plurality of digits in response to said confirmation signal, and

storing the international telecommunication number in the memory.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of digits are received in an input unit in the mobile telecommunication terminal.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of digits are read from a memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein said association of a country code is performed by adding the country code to the received plurality of digits.

16. A mobile telecommunication terminal comprising:

a memory,

a transceiver adapted to transfer a subscriber number, identifying a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network, from the mobile telecommunication terminal to a base station in order to set up a communication to the subscriber terminal, and receive a confirmation signal from the base station, said confirmation signal indicating that a communication has been established between the mobile telecommunication terminal and the subscriber terminal, and

a controller adapted to create an international telecommunication number by associating a country code with the previously read subscriber number in response to said confirmation signal and store the international telecommunication number in the memory.

17. A method for storing an international telecommunication number in a memory in a mobile telecommunication terminal, said method comprising:

receiving a plurality of digits in a control unit in the mobile telecommunication terminal, said digits identifying a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network,

determining if one or more of the plurality of digits correspond to a country code,

if the one or more of the plurality of digits do not correspond to a country code, determining in which country the mobile telecommunication terminal is located and creating an international telecommunication number by associating a country code, corresponding to the country in which the mobile telecommunication terminal is located, with the plurality of digits, and

storing the international telecommunication number in the memory.

18. The method according to claim 17 comprising:

determining in which country the mobile telecommunication terminal is located by means of a satellite navigation system, such as GPS (Global Positioning System) or Galileo.

19. The method according to claim 17 comprising:

receiving a mobile telecommunication network ID from a base station, and

determining in which country the mobile telecommunication terminal is located by means of the received mobile telecommunication network ID.

20. A mobile telecommunications terminal comprising:

a memory,

an input unit adapted to receive a plurality of digits identifying a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network; and

a control unit adapted to;

determine if one or more of the plurality of digits correspond to a country code

create an international telecommunication number, if the one or more of the plurality of digits do not correspond to a country code, by associating a country code, corresponding to the country in which the mobile telecommunication terminal is located, with the plurality of digits, and

store the international telecommunication number in the memory.

21. A method for storing an international telecommunication number in a memory in a mobile telecommunication terminal, said method comprising:

receiving a plurality of digits in a control unit in the mobile telecommunication terminal, said digits identifying a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network,

determining if one or more of the plurality of digits correspond to a country code; and

if the one or more of the plurality of digits do not correspond to a country code, create an international telecommunication number by;

analyzing the sequential structure of said plurality of digits,

determining, from the sequential structure of the digits in which country the plurality of digits relate to a subscriber number,

reading a country code corresponding to the country in which the plurality of digits relate to a subscriber number from the memory in the mobile telecommunication terminal and adding the country code to the plurality of digits, and

storing the international telecommunication number in the memory.