Patent ID: 7764979

Claim:
A method for performing a call by a mobile communication terminal, comprising: placing a call to a specific one of a plurality of stored contact addresses of another party, the specific one having a first priority; and automatically placing a follow-up call to a second of the plurality of stored contact addresses if the call to the specific one of a plurality of stored contact addresses does not result in a connection, the step of automatically placing a follow-up call including determining whether a second call priority of the another party has been set in the plurality of stored contact addresses; if the second call priority of the another party has been set in the plurality of stored contact addresses, determining that one of the plurality of stored contact addresses having the second priority is the second of the plurality of stored contact addresses for the follow-up call; if the second call priority of the another party has not been set in the plurality of stored contact addresses, displaying the plurality of stored contact addresses, except for the specific contact address, for user selection, and receiving a user selection of a contact address as the second of the plurality of stored contact addresses for the follow-up call; determining if the second of the plurality of stored contact addresses is a phone number type address or a text message type address; attempting a call connection if the second of the plurality of stored contact addresses is determined to be the phone number type address; and providing one of a SMS message composing window and a MMS message composing window if the second of the plurality of stored contact addresses is determined to be the text message type address, and transmitting a text message composed on the one of a SMS message composing window and a MMS message composing window.