Patent ID: 6868281

Claim:
A method of operating a cellular phone in a plurality of dialing modes comprising: detecting depression of a first button; initiating a first mode when the first button depressed is a activation button, wherein the first mode comprises the steps of: providing a dial tone to a speaker incorporated in the cellular phone upon detection of depression of a first numerical button, deactivating the dial tone; storing in a memory numerical information relating to the first numerical button depressed and all numerical buttons depressed thereafter; and upon completion of entry of all the numerical information into the memory, transmitting the numerical information to establish a telephonic connection; and initiating a second mode when the first button depressed is a numerical button, wherein the second mode comprises the steps of: storing in the memory the first numerical button depressed and all the numerical buttons depressed thereafter; and upon detection of the activation button being depressed, transmitting the numerical information stored in memory in order to establish a telephonic connection.