Method for performing communication in mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSe-Youp CHU
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Abstract
A method for initiating a communication in a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal apparatus to perform the method, are provided. The method includes determining whether the mobile terminal has entered a shortcut mode, if the mobile terminal has entered the shortcut mode, searching a phone book for shortcut numbers, which consist of a predefined number of digits and start with an input number, obtaining phone book information corresponding to the shortcut numbers that were found in the phone book and displaying the shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information, and if any one of the displayed shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information is selected, initiating a communication using the selected phone book information or shortcut number.
Claims17
A method for initiating a communication in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- determining whether the mobile terminal has entered a shortcut mode;
- if the mobile terminal has entered the shortcut mode, searching a phone book for shortcut numbers, which consist of a predefined number of digits and start with an input number;
- obtaining phone book information corresponding to the shortcut numbers that were found in the phone book and displaying the shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information;
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- if any one of the displayed shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information is selected, initiating a communication using the selected phone book information or shortcut number.
A mobile terminal apparatus for initiating a communication, the apparatus comprising:
- a display for displaying information to a user;
- an input unit for receiving input from the user;
- a memory for storing a phone book;
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- a controller for controlling to determine whether a shortcut mode has been entered, if the shortcut mode has been entered, for controlling to search the phone book for shortcut numbers, which consist of a predefined number of digits and start with an input number, for controlling to obtain phone book information corresponding to the shortcut numbers that were found in the phone book, for controlling to display the shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information on the display, and, if any one of the displayed shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information is selected via the input unit, for controlling to initiate a communication using the selected phone book information or shortcut number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.