Method of displaying call information in mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal adapted to display call information

• US 20060229107A1
• Filed: 03/17/2006
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Hee-Jeong, Choi, Seung-Chul, Lim, Kyoung-Ae
• Granted Patent: US 9,924,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of displaying call information in a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal adapted to display call information. The method includes the steps of checking the call information when a call occurs, updating and storing the call information according to a status of the call, and displaying the updated call information.

Claims

1. A method of displaying call information in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

checking call information when a call occurs;

updating and storing the call information according to a status of the call; and

displaying the updated call information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the call information comprises at least one of information regarding targets for call reception and call origination, time points of call occurrence and call termination, a call connection time, and an accumulated number of the call occurrences.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when displaying the updated call information, update information of a latest call is displayed on an uppermost part of a list.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying detailed lists comprising at least one of information regarding call reception, call origination, and missed call reception on different windows according to the updated information when the updated call information is displayed; and

displaying the windows comprising the detailed lists while interchanging the windows according to a direction of a key pressed by a user.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising displaying call information according to an accumulated number of call occurrences related to a selected item when at least one of the items displayed in the detailed list is selected.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein information regarding a first stored call is deleted and information regarding a latest call is stored if an accumulated number of call occurrences for an item selected from among items displayed in the detailed list exceeds a preset number of the call occurrences.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a signal allowing the detailed list to be displayed is provided through an input of a key or a menu.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the call information according to the status of the call comprises information regarding a status of a message.

9. A method of displaying call information in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

checking information of message reception and message transmission when a message occurs;

updating information of the message according to a status of the message; and

displaying the updated information.

10. An apparatus for displaying call information in a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for checking the call information when a call occurs;

a memory unit for updating and storing the call information according to a type of call; and

a display unit for displaying the updated call information.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the memory unit accumulates and stores a number of call occurrences according to a status of the call, deletes first stored call information and stores latest call information on an uppermost part of a list if the accumulated number of call occurrences exceeds a preset number.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the memory unit comprises a database for storing the call information and the updated call information according to a status of the call.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller comprises a counter for counting a number of call occurrences according to a status of the call, in which the counter maintains the counted number of call occurrences if the number of call occurrences exceed a preset number.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a key input unit for displaying a status of the call and the updated call information in the display unit and for inputting a signal so the status of the call and the updated call information are displayed on different windows according to the status of the call.