| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 455564000 | Auto-dialing or repertory dialing (e.g., using bar code, etc.) | 30 |
| 20100151910 | Portable Radiotelephone for Automatically Dialing a Central Voice-Activated Dialing System - A portable radiotelephone can be shifted between a first condition wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and a second condition wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels. The radiotelephone automatically calls a central voice-activated phone dialing system remote from the portable radiotelephone in response to producing the second condition in the radiotelephone. The radiotelephone includes a switch for producing the first and second conditions. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20130029728 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - A controller acquires first phonebook data from a portable Bluetooth phone via a Bluetooth interface portion, and stores the first phonebook data in a storage portion. A use flag is attached to the first phonebook data of the portable Bluetooth phone stored in the storage portion. When the use flag is set to “1,” the controller stores a copy of the first phonebook data of the portable Bluetooth phone in the storage portion as second phonebook data for an in-vehicle phone. When the in-vehicle phone is selected, as a used phone, the second phonebook data for the in-vehicle phone stored in the storage portion is available. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130040706 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING A DIRECT DIAL FUNCTION USING CALL HISTORY AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE FUNCTION - A mobile communication terminal call history displays call distinguishing icons representing the types of calls performed with counterparts. The call types include sent and received voice calls, video calls, and messages. If a user selects one call distinguishing icon displayed on a mobile communication terminal's display unit, a voice call or a video call is sent to the counterpart or a screen on which a message can be written to the counterpart is displayed, according to the call type of the selected call distinguishing icon. The user can directly select a counterpart and the call type to be sent to the counterpart by selecting one of the call distinguishing icons displayed on the display unit. A desired call distinguishing icon can be selected by entering a command on a touch screen, a keypad, or by voice command. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20090054107 | HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONFERENCE CALL INITIATION - A handheld communication device and method is provided that facilitates improved device usability. The handheld communication device and method uses a touch screen interface, where the touch screen comprises a proximity sensor adapted to detect object motion in a sensing region, a display screen overlapping the sensing region, and a processor. The touch screen is adapted to provide user interface functionality on the communication device by facilitating the display of user interface elements and the selection and activation of corresponding functions. The handheld communication device and method are configured to display representations of calls on the display screen, and are further configured to initiate conference calls responsive to sensed object motion beginning at a first call representation and continuing toward a second call representation. Thus, a user can initiate a conference call with a relatively simple and easy to perform gesture on the touch screen. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20110111806 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes receiving, via an input unit, a selection signal indicating a selection of a predetermined button among multiple predetermined buttons on the mobile terminal, in which the multiple predetermined buttons corresponding to different preset functions executed on the mobile terminal; capturing, via a camera included on the mobile terminal, a preview image of an object upon receiving the selection signal; recognizing, via a controller included on the mobile terminal, a character string included in the captured preview image; and performing, via the controller, a preset function using the recognized character string and that corresponds to the selection of the predetermined button. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20100081475 | MOBILE DEVICE INTERFACE WITH DUAL WINDOWS - A mobile device having a user interface supporting multiple windows is disclosed. The user interface is suitable for use in any device having a handheld form factor, such as a mobile phone or mobile Internet device. The user interface includes two windows that are displayed on the mobile device's screen. The mobile device may be configured to switch between a single window mode and a dual window mode. The device may also be configured to launch applications in either mode. It may be configured to switch between modes automatically or in response to a user command. The windows may also be re-oriented in response to a change in the device's orientation or to a user's command. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20090005122 | ADVERTISEMENT-BASED DIALING - A method for a mobile device includes showing an advertisement clip on the device, displaying a webpage associated with the advertisement clip and upon receipt of a click of a clickable phone number on the webpage, dialing the phone number. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090170562 | Speed dial configuration of a mobile terminal for a mobile telecommunications network from a remote service - The method is presented for speed dial configuration of a mobile terminal for a mobile telecommunications network. The method involves the following steps in the mobile terminal. A speed dial command is detected from a user of the mobile terminal, whereupon communication is established with a remote service over the mobile telecommunications network. First information pertaining to a desired communication party is provided to the remote service. In return, configuration data containing second information pertaining to the desired communication party is received from the remote service, the second information including a caller identity of the desired communication party. Finally, the mobile terminal is configured for future speed dialing to the desired communication party by storing, in local memory in the mobile terminal, an association between the speed dial command and the caller identity. An associated method, mobile terminal, remote service apparatus, system and computer program are also presented. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20080293452 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING AN ALERT WHEN ADDITIONAL USER ACTION IS REQUIRED TO INITIATE AN OUTGOING PHONE CALL, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method of facilitating the initiation of an outgoing phone call on a handheld electronic device including receiving a request to initiate the outgoing phone call and determining whether additional user action is required in order to initiate the outgoing phone call. If it is determined that additional user action is required, the method further includes: (i) displaying a prompt on the handheld electronic device that indicates that the additional user action must be taken in order to initiate the outgoing phone call, and (ii) providing an alert, such as an audible signal, that is separate from the prompt. Also, a handheld electronic device including a display, a processor, and a memory in electronic communication with the processor. The memory stores one or more routines executable by the processor for implementing the described method. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080305836 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF GENERATING KEY SIGNAL THEREIN - A mobile terminal and method of generating a key signal therein are disclosed, by which the key signal can be generated in a manner of adjusting touch sensitivity. The present invention includes a touchpad for a key signal input, a controller generating a key signal corresponding to a touched position if the touchpad is touched by a user and a strength of the touch is equal to or greater than a reference value, and a sensitivity adjusting unit adjusting the reference value. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090117942 | MESSAGE ADDRESSING TECHNIQUES FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - Various embodiments are directed to improved message addressing techniques. In one embodiment, a computing device may comprise a messaging client arranged to receive an input sequence of alphabetic or alphanumeric characters as a destination of an outbound message. The messaging client may recognize that the input sequence represents a mnemonic short code and may automatically generate a common short code comprising a sequence of numeric digits associated with the mnemonic short code. The messaging client may display both the input sequence comprising the mnemonic short code and the common short code and enable the outbound message to be sent using the common short code as the destination. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100144390 | DIALING DEVICE FOR MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A dialing device of a mobile phone includes a communicating unit for wireless communication, a processor unit electronically connected to the communicating unit for storing phone numbers, and a recording unit electronically connected to the communicating unit for recording and storing audio signals. The processor unit automatically dials predetermined phone numbers through the communicating unit, and the recording unit automatically sends stored audio signals corresponding to the dialed phone number to the receiver through the communicating unit when the dialed phone number answers. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20090137277 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A communication terminal, computer program product and method thereof by which an image set for a phone number can be provided using a plurality of partial images in inputting a phone number to which a call signal will be transmitted. Also, a display for displaying information, a user input unit for inputting a plurality of digits configuring a phone number, and a controller for controlling the display to complete an image including at least one or more partial images by sequentially displaying the at least one or more partial images, when a plurality of the digits are inputted via the user input unit. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20080234004 | Accessing A Multimedia Service From A Mobile Terminal - To access to a multimedia service designated by a call number in a mobile terminal connected to a radio communication network, a server predefines a correspondence table comprising call numbers associated with respective service identifiers and transmit it to the mobile terminal which stores it. When a call number is entered and confirmed by a channel seizing key in the terminal, an application determines the service identifier associated with the call number in the table and requests the setting up of a call with a server providing a multimedia service as a function of the determined service identifier. The call number can be transmitted to the server in order for the server to transmit a confirmation message comprising the call number or an address associated with the call number in order for the application to request the setting up of a call. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090082065 | STAND ALONE EMERGENCY SIGNAL DEVICE HOUSED IN CELL PHONE - The emergency signal device includes an emergency key on the phone, an independent IC chip set controlling the emergency functions, a dedicated memory chip for emergency information and a by-passing outlet to the cell phone's transmitting parts. It is further provided that the device includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, so that the person in danger may always be located. This device utilizes rechargeable solar cells to provide energy. All of its components are powered by a solar cell or solar cell charged battery. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20110223973 | ONE-TOUCH DIAL - Apparatus having corresponding methods, and tangible computer-readable media embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform the methods, comprise: a touch panel; a character recognition module to recognize a character drawn on the touch panel; a contact module to select a contact, from a contact list containing a plurality of the contacts, based on the character recognized by the character recognition module, automatically when the character recognition module recognizes the character drawn on the touch panel. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20090209291 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH EXPEDITED CONNECTION RELEASE - A wireless communication device ( | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090124291 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEED DIALING BY MOBILE COUNTRY CODE/MOBILE NETWORK CODE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for speed dialing in a mobile communication system are provided. In the method, a speed dial code is input and transmitted to a SIM card. A dialing number corresponding to the speed dial code is detected from the SIM card. The detected dialing number is transmitted to a User Equipment (UE) through a mechanism of Call Control by SIM. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100035655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALLING A RADIO BROADCAST STATION WHILE REPRODUCING A RADIO BROADCAST - A system for calling a radio broadcast station while reproducing a radio broadcast searches for the radio broadcast station channel to reproducing the radio broadcast, stores information about the radio broadcast station and a telephone number of the radio broadcast station into a storage system of a radio unit. The system further selects the telephone number from the storage system to call the radio broadcast station during reproduction of the radio broadcast, discontinues reproducing the radio broadcast while maintaining the phone call with the radio broadcast station, and resumes reproducing the radio broadcast when the phone call with the radio broadcast station is not maintained. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100056218 | Method and System for Establishing a Call in a Communication Network - A method and system for establishing a call in a communication network is disclosed. The method includes detecting ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100062809 | Dialing System and Method Thereof - A dialing system includes a user interactive unit, a response receiver and a central processing unit. The central processing unit is pre-programmed to first activate the user interactive unit to communicate an entry identification to the user for allowing the user to determine whether or not the entry identification communicated by the user interactive unit matches with the entry identification of the target phone number, wherein when the entry identification communicated by the unit interactive unit does not match with the entry identification of the target phone number, the user interactive unit is arranged to communicate the next identification entry to the user without dialing the corresponding phone number, and when the entry identification communicated by the user interactive unit matches with the entry identification of the target phone number, the central processing unit is arranged to activate the phone to dial the target phone number. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20090215494 | Blind Dialing - Devices and methods are presented to remotely dial wireless communications devices. A device is equipped with a microphone and a plurality of logic units to analyze incoming acoustic signals in the form of Morse code. Acoustic signals may comprise tapping sounds, or voice patterns to create the “dits” and “dahs” associated with Morse code. Background noise can be eliminated using digital signal processing (DSP). The device can be used in a variety of environments where phone numbers and addresses need to be dialed from a distance or in emergency situations. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110151933 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING EXTENSION LIST SELECTION - The disclosure is directed at a method of providing extension list dialing in a mobile communication device comprising storing a plurality of extensions within a single address book entry; sensing dialing of a phone number associated with the single address book entry; sensing connection between the mobile communication device and the phone number to establish a call; and displaying a screen dialog with each of the plurality of extensions for selection of one of the plurality of extensions. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20100261505 | CONTROL METHOD FOR A CELL PHONE - Control methods for a cell phone are provided upon occurrence of a particular event, which receive a contact-related information from a touch screen of the cell phone, analyze the contact-related information to identify the contact position, the number of contact objects, or a gesture, to determine a further step to deal with the particular event. The particular event may include receipt of a call, sounding of an alarm of the cell phone, displaying of a short message on the touch screen, receipt of an interrupting call, or a standby mode of the cell phone. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20120309460 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling an operation of a mobile terminal having a display screen, and which includes displaying a plurality of avatar images on the display screen, wherein at least a first avatar image represents a first party registered in a phone book of the mobile phone; detecting, via a controller of the mobile terminal, an occurrence of the communication event associated with the first avatar image, the first avatar image having a first shape indicating a first action; and changing the first shape of the first avatar image into a second shape indicating a second action of the first avatar image to inform a user of the mobile terminal about the detected occurrence of the communication event. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120309459 | EXPEDITED COMMUNICATION KEY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of performing expedited communication functions on a mobile device includes monitoring the duration-of key press on a keyboard of the mobile device and determining if the monitored duration of the key press is greater than a threshold duration. If the monitored duration of the key press is determined to be less than a threshold duration, then a primary key function associated with the pressed key is activated. If the monitored duration of the key press is determined to be greater than a threshold duration, then an expedited communication function associated with the pressed key is activated. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120157164 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION AUTO REDIAL FOR DROPPED CALL - A device and method include detecting signal strength received at a mobile cellular communication device. A dropped call is detected between the device and another device as a function of detected signal strength. The dropped call is reconnected when detected signal strength reaches a selected first threshold. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20090131114 | PORTABLE TELEPHONE TERMINAL - A portable telephone terminal includes a browsing unit configured to browse content of a file via a network, a detection unit configured to detect at least one phone number from the content, a selection unit configured to select a phone number from the content by detecting the phone number therefrom, a preparation unit configured to prepare for starting call processing using the phone number selected by the selection unit, the call processing being processing for making a phone call, and a button used to start the call processing. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100203923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A CALLING CARD TO BE USED IN PLACING AN OUTGOING CALL - A system and method for, on a mobile device having a plurality of communication lines on which outgoing calls may be made, providing a user interface for selecting a calling card to be used in making an outgoing call to a desired phone number. The method includes: associating each calling card in a set of at least one calling card with a communication line; and displaying on a display of the mobile device a line selection menu containing a plurality of card/line identifiers; wherein each card/line identifier is configured to uniquely identify a corresponding associated calling card and communication line combination | 08-12-2010 |
| 20130143625 | Speed Dialing Method, Subscriber Identity Module/User Identity Model and Mobile Terminal - The disclosure claims a speed dialing method, a Subscriber Identity Module/User Identity Model (SIM/UIM) and a mobile terminal. A contact number field on the SIM/UIM is divided into two fields. One field is used for storing the contact numbers, and the other is the speed dialing position field configured to store the speed dialing information of contacts ( | 06-06-2013 |
