Method for managing a mobile phone according to broadcast area code
OwnerSumei LINinventor
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Abstract
A method for managing a mobile phone according to a broadcast area code, which includes a mobile country code (MCC), performs filtration for an incoming call that can be determined according to an MCC corresponding to a phone number stored in a phone book. The mobile country code can be provided by a public land mobile network (PLMN).
Claims20
A method for managing a mobile phone, the mobile phone comprising a record code, the method comprising:
- receiving an area code;
- comparing the area code and the record code;
- and
- if the area code is the same as the record code, the mobile phone processing calls in a first mode;
- and if the area code is different from the record code, the mobile phone processing calls in a second mode.
A mobile phone for communicating with a base station, the base station broadcasting an area code according to a location of the base station, the mobile phone storing a record code, the mobile phone comprising:
- a wireless communication module for receiving the area code;
- a memory module for storing the record code;
- and
- a processing module for controlling the mobile phone to process a call in a first mode when the area code is the same as the record code, and for controlling the mobile phone to process the call in a second mode when the area code is not the same as the record code.
The mobile phone of claim 17, wherein the mobile phone stores a first phone number, and when the mobile phone is in the first mode, the processing module controls a phone book of the mobile phone to display the first phone number, and when the mobile phone is in the second mode, the processing module controls the phone book of the mobile phone not to display the first phone number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.