Patent ID: 8271019
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for storing an unregistered phone number, the apparatus comprising: a memory that stores a call history in which outgoing call numbers and incoming call numbers are listed; a phonebook manger that detects a recent unregistered phone number from the call history, checks how many times the detected recent unregistered phone number has been used to make a call, and determines whether to store the recent unregistered phone number; and a Micro-Processor Unit (MPU) that controls the phonebook manager to determine whether the recent unregistered phone number can be stored when the call is ended, wherein the MPU checks a default store-mode to determine whether a manual store mode is set or an auto store mode is set, wherein, when in the manual store mode, a name corresponding to a phone number is directly input by the user for storing, wherein, when in the auto store mode, the name corresponding to the phone number is stored with an arbitrary name, and wherein, if a result of the checking shows that the default store-mode is the manual store-mode and if information that indicates the recent unregistered phone number can be stored is received from the phonebook manager, the MPU controls a display to display a screen for a user to directly input information related to the recent unregistered phone number, regardless of whether the recent unregistered phone number is an outgoing call number or an incoming call number.