Patent ID: 6289226
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A system to control display format in a wireless communication device in a selected geographic area using a predesignated calling plan, the system comprising:an input storage area to store input data, the input data comprising a sequence of digits;a plan storage area to store data related to the calling plan and containing data indicative of a display format applicable to a valid telephone number;a format storage area to store format data; anda parser to accept the input data from the input storage area and to use the input data to access the plan storage area and thereby determine if the input data corresponds to the valid telephone number, the parse applying formatting characters selected from the format storage area to the input data if the input data corresponds to the valid telephone number to thereby generate formatted display data; anda display coupled to the parser to receive and display the formatted display data; wherein the format storage area contains a predetermined format, the system further including a keypad having a plurality of keys operable by a user to generate keypad data and an edit processor operating in conjunction with the keypad to edit the predetermined format, the parser applying the user-edited format data to the input data if the input data corresponds to the valid telephone number.