Patent ID: 8958848
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal having a display, the method comprising: activating a mode for detecting voice input in response to a touch input to a soft button displayed on the display or to a hard button on the mobile terminal, wherein the mode for detecting the voice input is deactivated if there is no voice input detected for a predetermined amount of time; receiving a voice input associated with a calling operation of the mobile terminal; displaying an indicator indicating the voice input is being recognized by the mobile terminal, wherein the indicator comprises a waveform shape; executing the calling operation only if there is a single contact in a phonebook that matches a meaning of the received voice input; if there is no single contact that matches the meaning of the received voice input, performing a learning process using keywords of the voice input for learning the meaning of the received voice input; outputting a voice prompt based on the learned meaning of the received voice input prompting if the learned meaning of the received voice input should be saved in the phonebook as the single contact that matches the meaning of the received voice input; and storing the single contact in the phonebook based on an affirmative received response to the voice prompt.