Apparatus and method for call using hot-key
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJeong-Gyu Jin
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for calling using a hot-key function in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The apparatus includes a database for storing information of search subjects, a controller for mapping extracted search subjects from the database to the keys of keypad, respectively, in accordance with a predetermined mapping mode, a display for displaying the mapped search subjects, and a keypad for calling by selecting a key of keypad, which corresponds to the position of the search subject that a user chose, on the displayed window. The method comprises displaying search subjects on a window according to a predetermined mapping mode; and selecting a keypad key, corresponding to a desired position of the search subject, on the window.
Claims10
An apparatus for calling by a user using a hot-key function, comprising:
- a database for storing information of search subjects, the information including images and telephone numbers of the search subjects;
- a keypad having a plurality of keypad keys;
- a controller for extracting the information from said database and mapping the information to respective keypad keys, in accordance with a mapping mode;
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- a display for displaying said images in an image matrix structure including a 4*3 matrix structure, the image matrix structure corresponding to a keypad key matrix structure of the mapped keypad keys,
- wherein the user initiates a call by choosing an image among the displayed images and touching one keypad key corresponding to the chosen image.
A method for calling using a hot-key function in a mobile terminal including a keypad having a plurality of keypad keys, comprising:
- displaying a plurality of search subjects extracted from a database on a window in a display matrix structure including a 4*3 matrix structure, the displayed search subjects corresponding to respective keypad keys in accordance with a mapping mode, the display matrix structure corresponding to a keypad key matrix structure of the mapped keypad keys;
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- initiating a call by selecting a searched subject from among the displayed search subjects and touching one keypad key corresponding to the selected searched subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.