Mobile phone and call processing method of mobile phone

• US 8,265,604 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jang Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang-Hurst, Kathy
• Application Number:
  US11/627,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20070190986A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,056 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/412.2, 370/352, 379/142.01
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile phone including a memory unit for storing at least one phone number, search information representing specific search conditions corresponding to the phone number, and a plurality of recorded data; and a control unit for extracting search information corresponding to the phone number of a communication counterpart, searching for recorded data satisfying a search condition included in the search information from among the plurality of recorded data using the extracted search information, and outputting the searched recorded data when a call terminating or originating service operation for telephone communication is requested. According to the present invention, a user can refer to recorded data related to a communication counterpart while using call terminating or originating call services for telephone communication so that the user can more efficiently communicate with the counterpart.

Claims

1. A mobile phone, comprising:

a memory unit adapted to store at least one phone number, search information corresponding to the at least one phone number and a plurality of recorded data; and

a control unit adapted to extract search information corresponding to a phone number of a communication counterpart, search for recorded data from among the plurality of recorded data that satisfies a search condition included in the search information and output the searched recorded data when a call terminating or a call originating service operation for telephone communication is requested,

wherein the search is performed using the extracted search information, and

wherein the searched recorded data include unconfirmed message data, absent subscriber transcription data, schedule data, and memo data,

wherein the searched recorded data are output prior to performing the call terminating or call originating service operation, and

wherein the control unit is further adapted to set whether recorded data are to be searched and displayed according to the types of recorded data and to search recorded data related to the communication counterpart from among the plurality of recorded data of a selected type.

2. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the search information comprises at least one of a specific keyword and information for designating a type of data to be searched.

3. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises:

a call processing section adapted to perform the call terminating or originating service operation with a specific phone number;

a search information extracting section adapted to extract the search information using the specific phone number; and

a recorded data processing section adapted to search the memory unit for the recorded data that satisfies the search condition and output the searched recorded data.

4. The mobile phone of claim 3, wherein the recorded data processing section is further adapted to display the searched recorded data on a screen.

5. The mobile phone of claim 4, wherein the recorded data processing section is further adapted to display the unconfirmed message data on the screen.

6. The mobile phone of claim 3, wherein the recorded data processing section is further adapted to output the absent subscriber transcription data as an audio signal.

7. A method of processing a phone call in a mobile phone, the method comprising:

setting whether recorded data are to be searched and displayed according to the types of recorded data;

receiving, by the mobile phone, a request for a call terminating or a call originating service operation for telephone communication;

extracting, by the mobile phone, search information corresponding to a phone number of a communication counterpart;

searching, by the mobile phone, recorded data related to the communication counterpart from among recorded data of a selected type for recorded data that comprises the extracted search information; and

outputting, by the mobile phone, the searched recorded data prior to performing the call terminating or call originating service operation,

wherein the searched recorded data include unconfirmed message data, absent subscriber transcription data, schedule data and memo data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving the request for the call terminating or call originating service operation comprises:

receiving a specific setup message for telephone communication from the communication counterpart; and

extracting the phone number of the communication counterpart included in the setup message.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein extracting the search information comprises

using the phone number of the communication counterpart to extract the search information if a specific phone number is called for performing the call originating service operation.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the search information comprises at least one of a specific keyword and information related to designating a type of data to be searched.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein outputting the searched recorded data is performed prior to performing the telephone communication via the call terminating or call originating service operation.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein outputting the searched recorded data is performed when a predetermined control signal is received.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the searched recorded data is output on a screen.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying the unconfirmed message data on the screen.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising one of hiding the displayed searched recorded data and displaying other recorded data if a predetermined control signal is received while the searched recorded data are displayed on the screen.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein outputting the searched recorded data comprises:

displaying a plurality of items for which recorded data may be displayed; and

displaying recorded data related to a specific one of the plurality of items upon selection of the specific item.

17. The method of claim 7, further comprising outputting the absent subscriber transcription data as an audio signal.