Mobile terminal and method for associating photos with telephone numbers in a mobile terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJong-Hwan Kim
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Abstract
A mobile terminal is described, along with a method for associating photos with contact information in a mobile terminal by using a reference field, which facilitates convenient searching of photos and contact information stored in a mobile terminal. According to the method, a person's photos can be immediately viewed while the user is browsing a contact list. Additionally, when a user wishes to contact a person whose photo he is viewing, the user can immediately contact the person with the mobile terminal without having to search for the person's contact information.
Claims30
A method for accessing photos in a mobile terminal, comprising:
- selecting a person from a contact list stored in the mobile terminal;
- selecting a photo viewing option;
- and
- displaying at least one photo corresponding to the selected person from photos stored in a memory.
A method for contacting a person using a mobile terminal, comprising:
- displaying a photo;
- selecting a contact operation while the photo is displayed;
- determining whether contact information corresponds to the displayed photo;
- and
- contacting the person using contact information corresponding to the displayed photo if it is determined that corresponding contact information exists.
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a contact list database that stores personal information associated with at least one person;
- and
- a photo database that includes information that associates at least one photo stored in a memory of the mobile terminal with a person whose personal information is stored in the contact list database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.