Patent ID: 6782278
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for dynamically simplifying an international call in a cellular phone comprises the steps of:storing, in a conversion table, system codes of a plurality of network companies worldwide and their international access codes; storing, in a database of a phone record, a plurality of telephone numbers having international access codes respectively in order to enable said cellular phone to recognize a current location area in accordance with a system code received from a proximate network company while calling in international roaming; when a user dials a telephone number, comparing a system code received while dialing the number with a system code stored in a phone record for the number; if the received and stored system codes are the same, directly dialing the telephone number stored in the phone record; if the received and stored system codes are different finding the corresponding international access code from the conversion table; and replacing the international access code in a telephone number retrieved from said phone record.