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US 2020/0288007 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for storing telephone numbers in a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHeui-Do Lim, Yun-Seon Park
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing a telephone number in a portable terminal. The method includes the steps of providing a user with a name input request message; determining whether or not the inputted name exists in a phone book list of the portable terminal; and generating a new entry including the inputted name and its associated telephone number and adding the new entry to the phone book list when the inputted name does not exist in the phone book list.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- displaying, at a portable terminal including a touch display screen, a memory and a processor configured to store a phone book list in the memory, a call history list on the touch display screen;
- detecting a touch input selecting a telephone number on the call history list;
- displaying an input field for entering a name for the selected telephone number;
- after detecting the touch input selecting the telephone number on the call history list and while the name are being currently entered, determining whether the phone book list of the portable terminal includes at least one entry with a same or similar name to the currently entered name;
- when the at least one entry with the same or similar name is included in the phone book list, displaying the at least one entry on the touch display screen;
- in response to a request for adding the selected telephone number into a requested entry among the displayed at least one entry, adding the selected telephone number into the requested entry;
- and
- in response to a request for generating a new entry in the phone book list, generating the new entry including the name for the selected telephone number in the phone book list.
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A portable terminal comprising:
- a touch display screen;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- store a phone book list in the memory,
- display a call history list on the touch display screen,
- detect a touch input selecting a telephone number from the call history list displayed on the touch display screen,
- display, on the touch display screen, an input field for a name for the selected telephone number,
- after detecting the touch input selecting the telephone number on the call history list and while the name are being currently entered, determine whether the phone book list of the portable terminal includes at least one entry with a same or similar name to the currently entered name;
- when the at least one entry with the same or similar name is included in the phone book list, display, on the touch display screen, the at least one entry;
- in response to a request for adding the selected telephone number into a requested entry among the displayed at least one entry, add the selected telephone number into the requested entry;
- and
- in response to a request for generating a new entry in the phone book list, generate the new entry including the name for the selected telephone number in the phone book list.
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A non-transitory, computer-readable medium embodying a computer program that, when executed by a processor of a portable terminal, causes the processor to:
- store a phone book list in a memory of the portable terminal;
- display a call history list on a touch display screen of the portable terminal;
- detect a touch input selecting a telephone number on the call history list;
- display, on the touch display screen, an input field for entering a name for the selected telephone number;
- after detecting the touch input selecting the telephone number on the call history list and while the name are being currently entered, determine whether the phone book list of the portable terminal includes at least one entry with a same or similar name to the currently entered name;
- when the at least one entry with the same or similar name is included in the phone book list, display the at least one entry on the touch display screen;
- in response to a request for adding the selected telephone number into a requested entry among the displayed at least one entry, add the selected telephone number into the requested entry;
- and
- in response to a request for generating a new entry in the phone book list, generate the new entry including the name for the selected telephone number in the phone book list.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.