Patent ID: 8315613

Claim:
A method for assisting a user to store a received international number, the method comprising steps of: receiving, at a mobile device, an incoming call from a telephone number; identifying, at the mobile device, a number of digits associated with the telephone number; determining, at the mobile device, whether the number of digits exceeds a threshold; upon determining that the number of digits exceeds the threshold, identifying the incoming call as an international call and identifying the telephone number as an international telephone number; identifying a reference country from which the international call is originated; storing, at the mobile device and in a memory space for received call numbers, the international telephone number in association with the reference country; receiving, from a user of the mobile device, a selection of a telephone number from among telephone numbers stored in the memory space, the telephone number being the international number; identifying a country of operation of the mobile device at the time of receiving the selection from the user; determining whether the country of operation is the same as the reference country associated with the international number; upon determining that the country of operation is different from the reference country, automatically identifying an IDD code associated with the country of operation; automatically modifying the international number to include the identified IDD code; and automatically transmitting the modified international number to a wireless network servicing the mobile device in the country of operation.