Signaling the type of incoming telephone calls

Details Signaling the type of incoming telephone calls Signaling the type of incoming telephone calls

1997-12-19

2000-02-29

Hudspeth, David R.

Telecommunications

Transmitter and receiver at same station

Radiotelephone equipment detail

379 8812, 379 8813, 379 9303, 379 9323, 455566, 455567, H04M 157, H04M 166

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060320532

ABSTRACT:
An improved user interface for a cellular telephone system subscriber unit, including the following functions: (1) a predictive keyboard input method for speeding up input on a telephone with a space limited keyboard; (2) a word completion method for speeding up input; (3) a distinctive signaling method useful in a dual-mode or tri-mode cellular phone system that incorporates both voice call functionality and data messaging functionality; (4) a secret message method that permits secret messages to be received by an authorized user of a cellular telephone that includes a data messaging capability; (5) a message screening method that permits a user to set a message screening mode in a cellular telephone; (6) an improved "scratchpad" method which permits a user to enter a telephone number into a storage register of a cellular telephone while in the middle of a voice call, visually verify the entry, and then save the number to a rapid redial location for later use; (7) a global search method for searching text strings in all of the different memory sections of a cellular telephone having an address book, a hierarchical menu structure, and stored data messages.

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