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US 2013/0154981 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for providing a shortcut number in a user device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSungwook PARK, Sehwan PARK, Jihoon KIM, Jaeyong LEE, Jihoon LEE
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a shortcut number in the user device are provided. The method includes executing a shortcut number input mode; extracting user information mapped to shortcut numbers in the shortcut number input mode; and displaying the user information mapped to the shortcut numbers with number keys of a touch keypad that match the shortcut numbers.
Claims24
A method of providing a shortcut number in a user device, the method comprising the steps of:
- executing a shortcut number input mode;
- extracting user information mapped to shortcut numbers in the shortcut number input mode;
- and
- displaying the user information mapped to the shortcut numbers with number keys of a touch keypad that match the shortcut numbers.
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A user device for providing a shortcut number, the user device comprising:
- a display panel that displays, in a shortcut number input mode, a recipient information entry window and a touch keypad including a plurality of number keys matching shortcut numbers and user information mapped to the shortcut numbers;
- a touch panel that detects a touch event on the touch keypad;
- and
- a control unit that controls displaying the user information mapped to the shortcut numbers for a shortcut number group on the number keys of the touch keypad, and enters the user information mapped to a shortcut number matching a number key selected by a touch event into the recipient information entry window, based on a type of the touch event on the touch panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.