Patent ID: 8351930

Claim:
A method for providing automatic international and local call dialing in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: receiving a request for an outgoing call to a previously stored phone number from a user; receiving, by the mobile communication terminal, country identification information from a network in which the mobile communication terminal is currently located; determining, by the mobile communication terminal, a country code corresponding to the received country identification information; comparing, by the mobile communication terminal, the determined country code with a country code included in the previously stored phone number; determining, by the mobile communication terminal, whether the outgoing call to the previously stored phone number is for an outgoing international call or an outgoing local call, based on a result of the comparing; changing, by the mobile communication terminal, the previously stored phone number in accordance with an international phone number system of a pertinent country, when the outgoing call to the previously stored phone number is the outgoing international call; changing, by the mobile communication terminal, the previously stored phone number in accordance with a local phone number system, when the outgoing call to the previously stored phone number is the outgoing local call; dialing, by the mobile communication terminal, the changed phone number; receiving an incoming call; receiving country identification information from a network in which the mobile communication terminal is currently located; determining a country code corresponding to the received country identification information; storing the determined country code and a phone number corresponding to the incoming call; and displaying the determined country code and the phone number, in response to a call log request from the user.