Portable terminal with QWERTY keypad and method for processing phone numbers in the portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun Jung Baek, Ji Yeon Lee
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Abstract
A portable terminal including a QWERTY keypad is capable of converting alpha-numeric inputs into a numeric only phone number. The portable terminal includes a controller that processes a phone number of a combination of letters and numbers. The controller can identify whether the input phone number contains letters. When the input phone number contains letters, the controller refers to a table for converting letters to numbers and converts the alpha-numeric phone number into a numeric phone number by converting the identified letters into corresponding numbers.
Claims20
A method for processing a phone number in a portable terminal with a QWERTY keypad, the method comprising:
- inputting a phone number;
- identifying whether the input phone number contains at least one letter;
- when the input phone number contains at least one letter, referring to a table for converting at least one letter to numbers, and converting the at least one identified letter into at least one corresponding number;
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- storing the at least one converted number in a storage unit of the portable terminal as a converted phone number, wherein storing the at least one converted number comprises when receiving a request to store the input phone number in the storage unit, identifying a character string including the at least one letter in the input phone number as a name for the converted phone number and storing the converted phone number with the name in the storage unit.
A portable terminal with a QWERTY keypad, the portable terminal comprising:
- an input unit comprising a plurality of keys in a QWERTY format;
- a display unit configured to display at least one of a letter and a number input via the input unit;
- a controller configured to refer to a table when a phone number input via the input unit contains at least one letter, the table configured to convert at least one letter to at least one number, and wherein the controller is configured to convert the at least one letter contained in the phone number into a corresponding converted phone number, the converted phone number consisting of numbers;
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- a storage unit configured to store the table and store the converted phone number,
- wherein the controller is further configured to, when a request to store the input phone number in the storage unit of the portable terminal, identify a character string including the at least one letter in the input phone number as a name for the converted phone number and store the converted phone number with the name in the storage unit.
An apparatus for use in a portable terminal with a QWERTY keypad, the apparatus comprising:
- an input unit comprising a plurality of keys in a QWERTY format;
- a controller configured to refer to a table when a phone number input via the input unit contains at least one letter, the table configured to convert at least one letter to at least one number, and wherein the controller is configured to convert the at least one letter contained in the phone number into a corresponding converted numeric phone number;
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- a storage unit configured to store the table and store the corresponding converted numeric phone number,
- wherein the controller is further configured to, when a request to store the input phone number in the storage unit of the portable terminal, identify a character string including the at least one letter in the input phone number as a name for the corresponding converted numeric phone number and store the corresponding converted numeric phone number with the name in the storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.