Patent ID: 8874087
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating a communication in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: determining whether the mobile terminal has entered a shortcut mode; if the mobile terminal has entered the shortcut mode, searching a phone book for shortcut numbers, which consist of a predefined number of digits that is more than one and start with an input number; obtaining phone book information corresponding to the shortcut numbers that were found in the phone book, associating a subset of the shortcut numbers based on a first digit of the shortcut number, and displaying the shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information alongside the corresponding digit from 0-9 on the dial pad to which the shortcut number is associated; and if any one of the displayed shortcut numbers and their associated phone book information is selected, initiating a communication using the selected phone book information or shortcut number.