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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175259 | Handheld electronic device having improved phone call log, and associated method An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call log that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner, meaning that for each phone number having a call stored in the memory of the device, only the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8081750 | Method for remote population of speed dial information A method that permits a user to select a telephone number contained in an e-mail, web page, or other text page displayed on the screen of a computing device and store that telephone number in memory for later use. Other information may also be selected and stored, s... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077855 | Enhanced addressing for fax recipients A rich, robust fax addressing experience is provided for users. In some embodiments, multiple different ways of addressing a fax and related functionality are exposed to a user and work seamlessly together to give a compelling addressing experience. In some embodime... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8059813 | Control method of communication terminal the communication terminal and control program of the communication terminal A control method of a communication terminal having a telephone directory user interface and a communication system, the control method and system include storing a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to a destination user as telephone directory data, reque... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041024 | Method and system for telephone number change notification and tracking A system for broadcasting a notification. In response to receiving a new telephone number for a communication device from a service provider, a telephone number change notification is automatically broadcast to a plurality of contact telephone numbers within a conta... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7916859 | System and method for obtaining telecommunication access numbers A method for determining a user intended number from a partial phone number includes steps for receiving a partial phone number, determining whether the partial phone number corresponds with at least one database number based on at least one selected criteria list a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7881455 | Apparatus and method for finding a called party over a telecommunication network The present disclosure provides a system and method for establishing telephone communication between a calling party and called party wherein the calling party may store a plurality of numbers or identifiers of a called party and initiating a number or identifier of... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7480376 | Apparatus and method for providing call status information An apparatus and method use logical network connections to telephones interconnected by the network to obtain the status of station-specific telephony function information and then to convert the status of station-specific telephony function information to audio inf... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7433461 | Method for generating a dialing directory in a network terminal and communications network for such a method Connection data, for example, a telephone number, and a corresponding identification, for example, the name of the telephone subscriber associated with the corresponding telephone number, is automatically extracted from a data memory and saved in a dialing directory... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426595 | Desktop holder and portable terminal system A desktop holder includes a connector to be connected to a connector of a portable terminal inserted into an insertion inlet, a connector to be connected to a memory card inserted into a memory card slot, a cable which connects connectors, and a connector which conn... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7353016 | Call intercept methods, such as for customer self-support on a mobile device A method for intercepting calls from a remote or mobile device for customer self-support detects when users or subscribers dial one or more predetermined numbers. If the number corresponds to one of the predetermined numbers (such as a customer support number), the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7289797 | Mobile telephone terminal, method and system for back-up of telephone directory information of mobile telephone terminal To provide a mobile telephone terminal which is capable of mitigating burden on the user when telephone directory information is backed-up and reducing likelihood of erasure of the telephone directory information. If a user newly registers a telephone number list or... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280652 | Handheld electronic device having improved phone call log, and associated method An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call log that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner, meaning that for each phone number having a call stored in the memory of the device, only the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272384 | Communication device including phonebook and communication method therefor A communication device comprises a first memory which stores telephone books, each including identification information and a name of a communication party, a second memory which stores communication histories, each including a communication time and identification ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269605 | Personal information manager data synchronization and augmentation A facility for enhancing the information available for contact entry stored by a personal information manager (“PIM”) is described. After the PIM is installed, the facility installs an enhanced contact manager program (“ECM”) as an add-in module to the perso... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260419 | Method for displaying call record list in wireless telecommunication terminal A method for displaying a call record list in a wireless telecommunication terminal is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: reading a stored call record in response to a call record list searching request; collecting call records having identical caller info... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254573 | System and method for identifying alternate contact information in a database related to entity, query by identifying contact information of a different type than was in query which is related to the same entity A method and system for identifying alternate contact information of a specific type; particularly, by providing an inputted Email address in a query, one or more alternate Email addresses can be returned to the query, using an automated database. The system is quer... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7203307 | Method and apparatus for automatically initiating a telephone communication A system (100) for automatically redialing a telephone number includes a first telephone component (104, 106, 108, 132) operable to initiate a call to the telephone number and operable to transmit the telephone number and a second telephone component (... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200417 | Method and apparatus for reformatting caller identification from different communication networks A communication device (200) operates on a plurality of communication networks (104, 110) and utilizes a method (400) for reformatting a caller identification received from one communication network (110) to match the caller identificatio... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7181198 | Program rewriting system and method for a portable telephone set The invention provides a portable telephone set wherein a countermeasure can be taken against a bug of software by a user without the necessity for voluntary recovery by a maker. The portable telephone set has a hardware configuration which allows a user of the port... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177670 | Mobile communication terminal provided with handsfree function and controlling method thereof Disclosed are a mobile communication terminal provided with a hands-free function and a controlling method thereof comprising the steps of: setting a hands-free function of a mobile communication terminal; certifying whether an originating call command or a calling ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7146160 | Caller identification logging system and method for use of same A system (100) for tracking incoming telephone calls includes a first caller identification decoder (166) that decodes caller identification data for a first incoming telephone call including a time stamp having a value reflecting a first time. The sys... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142643 | Method and system for unifying phonebook for varied hearing disabilities A network device, relay service, system and method for electronic communication between a hearing-capable user and a hearing-impaired user are disclosed, which includes a network device for use by a hearing-impaired user to communicate with a first voice phone of a ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123713 | Communication device A communication device making a call origination in accordance with a predetermined operation is provided with a one-touch dial storage that stores telephone numbers in association with one-touch dial keys, a telephone directory data storage that stores telephone nu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110529 | Bookmarking method and apparatus for an electronic phone book A method and an apparatus for using an electronic phone book in a communication terminal are provided. If a user manually requests a phone number to be registered as a bookmark, or the number of calls to the phone number exceeds a predetermined first threshold, the ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103161 | Mobile terminal device, method of controlling telephone number display and program thereof A mobile terminal device can store telephone numbers, and can allow a telephone number list to be displayed. In this mobile terminal device, when a user makes a telephone call, the frequency of calling is counted for every telephone number and is stored in a memory.... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7085369 | Dialing method with phone number retrieval using partial pattern matching A dialing method with phone number retrieval using partial pattern matching. First, a partial number string is received. Then, phone number sources are searched to retrieve candidate numbers according to the partial number string. All of the candidate numbers contai... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072461 | Merging various request methods into a single unified user interface Methods and systems for allowing a user to enter a request, such as dialing input, without having to specify, or otherwise commit to, a particular request method. Upon detecting a user input that represents a user request for service, response data is retrieved that... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068777 | True DTMF dialer A circular dial buffer is implemented in appropriate random access memory (RAM) accessible by a DSP for the purpose of storing DTMF digits to be generated and output on, e.g., a telephone line. To the processor, the DSP appears to behave much like an off-the-shelf s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065385 | Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for dialing telephone numbers using alphabetic selections A method is provided for dialing a telephone number from a communication device that includes an alphanumeric input device. The alphanumeric input device allows selection of a plurality of alphabetic characters and selection of a plurality of numeric characters. An ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062034 | International call prefix identification and formatting An international telephone number is displayed by automatically inserting at least one space after the country code portion of the telephone number. In particular, when a telephone number having an International Direct Dialing (IDD) prefix, such as “00”, “011... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062035 | Community dialing circuit apparatus for pots phone and IP phone A community dialing circuit apparatus for IP phone and POTS phone is provided. The apparatus includes an IP phone system, a POTS phone system, an insulation system connected between the IP phone system and the POTS system, and a keypad connected to the IP phone syst... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058171 | IP telephone apparatus and IP telephone system An IP telephone apparatus for executing a telephone call through a computer network. The IP telephone apparatus includes: a main unit; a telephone line connection unit connected to a telephone network; an external telephone connection unit connectable to an external... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7039177 | Automatic update of a directory entry within a directory of an electronic communication device by electronic notification A system and method are presented for updating directory entries within an electronic communication device upon receipt of an electronic notification. Electronic communication devices may include, but are not limited to telephones, facsimile machines and electronic ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035393 | System and method for creating a personal directory This invention relates to methods for the automatic generation of personal directories that list calls made to or from a specific phone number. The methods comprise the steps of receiving a telephone number related to a call placed or received on a user's phone, sto... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031452 | Automatic phone dialer with heuristic algorithm A repertory dialer for managing commonly used phone numbers. The system manages memorized phone numbers automatically without direct user intervention. It is particularly useful when the phone company changes area codes. The system can make area code changes transpa... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020269 | Speed dialing method using symbols in communication terminal having touch pad A method for performing speed dialing using symbols in a communication terminal having a touch pad is disclosed. The method comprises registering a symbol in association with a phone number; comparing a symbol input by a user from the touch pad with the registered s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7006621 | Portable telephone terminal with toll number retrieval function A portable telephone terminal with toll number retrieval function which enable either corresponding name of municipalities or toll number to be retrieved to telephone number or to name of municipalities respectively. The portable telephone terminal is provided with ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999580 | Device for indicating a call to an absent subscriber A method and a device for indicating to an absent subscriber that he has received a call and that he has not replied. According to the invention, the number of the last caller who has called the telephone number is stored in a memory. After each storage, the stored ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996226 | Communication system An object of the invention is to provide a communication system that enables telephone communications to be quickly performed by a simple operation. A user activates a telephone directory application program on a PDA terminal, and the PDA terminal transmits a destin... | 02/07/2006 |
