Device and method for telephone number search in mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYun-Goo Huh
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device and method for searching for telephone numbers in a mobile terminal. The device includes a phonebook for storing telephone numbers dialed or received in a specific area, together with the number of calls to or from each of the telephone numbers; a user input unit for allowing a user to input a command for a telephone number search; a display unit for displaying one or more telephone numbers; and a control unit for storing a telephone number of an outgoing or incoming call together with a current location of the mobile terminal in the phonebook and, in response to the command for a telephone number search, delivering the telephone numbers stored in the phonebook to the display unit.
Claims18
A device for searching for telephone numbers in a mobile terminal, which comprises:
- a phonebook for storing telephone numbers dialed or received in a specific area, together with the number of calls to or from each of the telephone numbers;
- a user input unit for allowing a user to input a command for a telephone number search;
- a display unit for displaying one or more telephone numbers;
- and
- a control unit for storing a telephone number of an outgoing or incoming call together with a current location of the mobile terminal in the phonebook and, in response to the command for a telephone number search, delivering the telephone numbers stored in the phonebook to the display unit.
A method for registering a telephone number in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:
- determining whether an incoming or outgoing call has been completed;
- and
- upon completion of the incoming or outgoing call, determining a current location of the mobile terminal, and storing a corresponding telephone number together with the current location.
A method for searching for telephone numbers in a mobile terminal that includes a memory for storing telephone numbers of previous incoming or outgoing calls together with locations corresponding to where the incoming or outgoing calls took place, said method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a user has input a command for a telephone number search;
- when the command is input, determining a current location of the mobile terminal;
- and
- searching for one or more telephone numbers corresponding to the current location among the telephone numbers stored in the memory and displaying the searched telephone numbers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.