Patent ID: 7515941

Claim:
A method for searching for a telephone number and performing a function using the detected telephone number on a mobile terminal, the method comprising: a) determining whether an entry by a user in a standby mode is one or more alphanumeric characters; b) searching a telephone number database (DB) in real time, every time each of the one or more alphanumeric characters is entered, for at least one telephone number comprising at least one of the one or more alphanumeric characters being fully entered in the standby mode, when the one or more alphanumeric characters comprise one or more numeric characters; c) searching the telephone number DB in real time, every time each of the one or more alphanumeric characters is entered, for at least one telephone number having names comprising at least one of the one or more alphanumeric characters being fully entered in the standby mode, when the one or more alphanumeric characters comprise one or more alphabetical characters; and d) displaying a menu of functions available using a displayed telephone number.