Patent ID: 8200288
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a memory; a display; a user input unit configured to enable a user to input a plurality of digits for communicating with the at least one other terminal; and a controller operatively connected to the wireless communication unit, memory, display and user input unit, the controller configured to associate an image stored in the memory with a plurality of digits sequentially input corresponding to a particular contact included in a contacts list of the mobile terminal, retrieve from the memory and display on the display a list of candidate phone numbers in response to the sequential input when the sequential input corresponds to a subset of the candidate phone numbers, select one phone number from the list of candidate phone numbers when a next digit is sequentially input resulting in said one phone number matching all digits input, determine how many digits are left of the selected one phone number that have not yet been input, divide the image into a number of portions corresponding to how many digits are left of the selected phone number, and sequentially display on the display the divided number of portions of the image in response to the rest of digits of the selected phone number being input.