Abstract: A method for generating an internal clock in a radio network controller and a relevant transmission processing board. The transmission processing board comprises; a clock signal selector for extracting a clock signal from a synchronous/asynchronous line connected with a core network when said transmission processing board functions as a master transmission processing board, or for obtaining a clock signal from a clock bus of a sub-rack in which said transmission processing board is located when said transmission processing board functions as a slave transmission processing board; a phase-locked loop for generating a reference transmission clock based on the clock signal extracted or obtained by said clock signal selector; and a clock driver for transmitting the generated reference transmission clock to the clock bus of the sub-rackin which said transmission processing board is located when said transmission processing board functions as a master transmission processing board.

Abstract: A wireless network is disclosed that provides repeat dialing to busy called parties. The wireless network includes an originating MSC system that serves a calling party, and a terminating MSC system that serves a called party. The calling party initiates a call to the called party through the originating MSC system, and the terminating MSC system determines that the called party is busy on another call. The originating MSC system then receives a repeat dialing instruction from the calling party and transmits a repeat dialing indicator to the terminating MSC system. The terminating MSC system identifies when the called party becomes available in substantially real time. When available, the terminating MSC system attempts to set up a call between the called party and the calling party.

Abstract: A portable radiotelephone can be shifted between a first condition wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and a second condition wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels. The radiotelephone automatically calls a central voice-activated phone dialing system remote from the portable radiotelephone in response to producing the second condition in the radiotelephone. The radiotelephone includes a switch for producing the first and second conditions.

Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile telecommunications device (1) is disclosed. The device (1) includes a memory (18) for storing a list of contacts each having an e-mail address associated therewith and a keypad (4) including a short-cut key (13), the method comprises the steps of accessing the list of contacts stored in the memory (18); selecting a contact from said list; accessing a screen for composing an e-mail message having a recipient address field by activating the short-cut key (13), wherein activation of said key (13) also enters the e-mail address of said selected contact in the recipient address field; composing an e-mail message; and activating the short cut key to send said message to the address entered in the recipient address field.

Abstract: A computer program for routing a service call from a calling party to a service network having a plurality of service network locations, the program stored in a computer-readable medium. The program includes receiving a service call request to connect the calling party to one of the service network locations, determining a location of the calling party by searching a Number Plan Area (NPA) table to determine an NPA of the calling number of the calling party, identifying one of the service network locations for receiving the service call request, and identifying routing information for routing the service call request to the receiving service network location, and completing the service call request to the receiving service network location.

Abstract: An emergency-call device for a motor vehicle has a sensor system for detecting the accelerations acting upon the vehicle and its occupants, an analyzer unit and a transmitter unit for automatically placing an emergency call. Such an emergency-call device is to be equipped with devices for estimating the type and extent of the occupants' injuries, a model of the occupants being used as a basis. The thus obtained information about injury type and extent is transmitted automatically together with the emergency call to a rescue coordination center, so that appropriate relief measures may be taken rapidly.

Abstract: A code division multiple access stack in a mobile station (205) re-attempts a call connection using a selective retry process, without notifying a mobile station user, when the mobile station (205) receives messages related to error conditions from a network (215), before the mobile station (205) receives a call alerting message from the network (215).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of operating a telematics enabled mobile vehicle communication system. The method includes receiving a vehicle power down signal that includes vehicle identification information and time information of vehicle power down from a telematics device to a service provider. The method further includes initiating a vehicle power down count down at the service provider responsive to the receipt of the vehicle power down signal and estimating a remaining vehicle connection availability window based on the vehicle power down count down. The method additionally includes populating an advisor application with an estimated remaining vehicle connection availability window that is based on the vehicle power down count down. The method may further include generating the vehicle power down signal with the telematics device when a power down mode in an associated motor vehicle is detected and communicating the generated vehicle power down signal to the service provider.

Abstract: A base station device 31 provided in a general cell 41 is accommodated in a base station controller 21, and a base station device 32 provided in a general cell 42 is accommodated in a base station controller 22. A base station device 33 provided in a boundary cell 43 that is adjacent to both the general cells 41 and 42 is accommodated in both the base station controllers 21 and 22. Frequencies RF#1 and RF#2 are allocated to each of the general cells 41 and 42 and boundary cell 43. Communications conducted by the base station device 33 using the frequency RF#1 is controlled by the base station controller 21, and communications conducted by the base station device 33 using the frequency RF#2 is controlled by the base station controller 22.

Abstract: There is provided a speed dialing method in a mobile phone where a plurality of phone numbers are stored at a designated address in a memory. The plurality of phone numbers at the designated address are displayed to a user upon input of a speed dialing key corresponding to the designated address, and if the user selects one of the displayed phone numbers, the selected phone number is speedily dialed.

Abstract: A system and method for wirelessly connecting a computer device to a server. The system includes a computer device and a phone number look-up device. The computer device generates location data, retrieves a server phone number from memory based on the generated location data, and generates a request that includes the generated location data if no server phone number corresponds to the generated location data. The computer device wirelessly sends the generated request to a default phone number. The phone number look-up device is associated with the default phone number. The phone number look-up device receives the request from the computer device, retrieves a server phone number from a local memory based on the received request, and sends the retrieved server phone number to the computer device. The computer device wirelessly connects to a server based on the sent server phone number.

Abstract: A processor extracts a numeral string from a pager message which has been received via a pager antenna and a pager-signal receiving unit, and retrieves a telephone number including that numeral from a built-in telephone directory memory. The retrieved telephone number is displayed on a display unit, making it possible to determine a complete telephone number.

Abstract: The invention is a method for automatically determining the dialing sequence that is required for local, local long distance, ten digit local and long distance, long distance, and international dialing from an initial dialing database that contains no information about local telephone company dialing requirements and requires no or minimal human interaction. The method contains a database for logging call attempts, failures, and successes and an analysis algorithm to determine which dialing sequences are potentially failures and which are potentially successes and which are certain successes. Data from previous dialing attempts and analysis are used to determine dialing sequences for future calls to each area code and exchange. Each area code and exchange pair is quickly optimized without the need for purchasing or maintaining a third party dialing database and without manual definition of dialing sequences.

Abstract: A mobile station MS accesses a home page of an IP server W and receives HTML data. The mobile station MS then extracts URLs, telephone numbers, and/or electronic mail addresses marked by anchor tags in the obtained HTML data and stores them with titles in the flash memory of the mobile station MS.

Abstract: A first frame of carrier data can be communicated between a first carrier interface of a first radio base station node and a mobile switching center over a first carrier bus. In addition, a first frame of bus data can be communicated having a first number of dedicated control timeslots at a first bus interface of the first radio base station node over a first radio base station bus. Furthermore, a second frame of carrier data can be communicated between a second carrier interface of a second radio base station node and the mobile switching center over a second carrier bus. Finally, a second frame of bus data having a second number of dedicated control timeslots, different from the first number of dedicated control timeslots, can be communicated at a second bus interface of the second radio base station node over a second radio base station bus.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for charging and billing of Circuit Switch, Packet Switch, and IP Multimedia Subsystems in third generation telecommunication systems. The charges for a call are computed by a rating engine, a software system comprising data tables and a program for calculating charges from the parameters of the call, such as the calling and called numbers, the length of the call, and special charge items such as priority service. For calls whose billing cannot be deferred, referred to as on-line billing calls, the rating engine is accessed immediately. For calls whose billing can be deferred, referred to as off-line billing calls, the rating engine performs its function only when the rating engine is not busy rating on-line billing calls, for example, during periods outside the busy hour. Advantageously, only a single rating engine is required, and the capacity of that single rating engine is determined only by the busy-hour volume of on-line billing calls.

Abstract: A cross-layer architecture is provided for delivering multiple media streams over 3G W-CDMA channels in adaptive multimedia wireless networks. A resource management mechanism dynamically allocates resources among different media streams adapted to channel status and Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. By taking the time-varying wireless transmission characteristics into account, an allocation of resources is performed based on a minimum-distortion or minimum-power criterion. Estimates of the time-varying wireless transmission conditions are made through measurements of throughput and error rate. Power and distortion minimized bit allocation schemes are used with the estimated wireless transmission conditions to for dynamically adaptations in transmissions.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing a long loop broadband service which allows data from different ADSL users to be shared and transported across a group (possibly a group of one) of line-powered, repeatered copper pairs utilizing a symmetric transmission approach is disclosed. Multiple ADSL users are able to share the bandwidth on pair(s) between the Remote Terminal Unit and Central Termination Unit by converting the ADSL data into ATM cells that are properly addressed and sent over the pair(s). Straight-Through Repeaters can be used in between the Central Termination Unit and the Remote Termination Unit on each of the pairs to extend the reach of the system. In this manner, the reach of ADSL (or other) internet access can be increased from its present 15 to 18 kft limitation to over 40,000 feet using 26 gauge wire, effectively reaching over 99% of subscribers.

Abstract: A speech enabled automatic name dialer dialing system for connection to a telephone system, includes a user computer with a computer-based address book program for retrieval of name-telephone number data for creation of speech enabling phoneme sets for auto dialing by speaking a name, and utilizing telephone application programming interface (TAPI), for use with a telephone systems having telephones with private branch exchanges. There is at least one user computer having a microphone and a speaker; a telephone application programming interface provider installed in the user computer; and at least one loaded address book program or equivalent name-telephone number data base contained in the user computer. The software for the user computer, which accesses the data base, creates the phonemes from names of data sets, receives voice inputs, matches the voice input phonemes to the data and signals to a router and PBX to initiate dialing.

Abstract: Communication systems for establishing communication links between first and second computing devices are provided. A representative system includes a second computing device that incorporates a speed-dial system, a first actuator and a menu. The speed-dial system is configured to receive a first user input corresponding to actuation of the first actuator, determine whether a phone number is associated with the first actuator, and enable the user to associate a first phone number with the first actuator without accessing the menu. So configured, after the user associates a phone number with the first actuator, the second computing device speed-dials the phone number in response to actuation of the first actuator to establish a communication link with the first computing device. Methods and other systems also are provided.

Abstract: A telephone apparatus allowing easy and reliable phone number transfer to the other party through an established connection now used for telephone conversation is disclosed. A desired phone number can be automatically transmitted to the other party, and the other party automatically receives and stores the desired phone number without human errors. At a receiving side, the correct phone number can be easily registered in a memory or a phone directory memory so as to make a call at the phone number.

Abstract: A method of implementing a call-back service by a calling party subscriber attempting to call a telecommunications device operated by a called party, comprising the steps of paging to the telecommunications device, determining that the device is not available, and noting in a calling party subscriber record that a subsequent call is to be placed to the device upon its subsequent registration. The method may include the steps of receiving an indication that the device is available and placing the subsequent call to the device. The method may also includes the steps of notifying the subscriber that the device is available and querying the subscriber as to whether the subsequent call should be placed to the device.

Abstract: This invention provides a method to operate a mobile station (60) and a mobile station that operates in accordance with the method. The method includes: (a) simultaneously demodulating a digital paging channel (DPCH) from individual ones of N base stations using a plurality of fingers (78), where N is greater than one; (b) soft combining (82A,82B) the outputs of those fingers that receive the DPCH from an individual one of the N base stations and storing the combined soft outputs in an individual one of N buffers (84A,84B); and (c) separately decoding (90) the content of each of the N buffers to determine if a page for the mobile station was received from at least one of the N base stations.

Abstract: Monitoring an audience member tuned to a broadcast program. A portable audience monitoring unit is adapted to be worn by the audience member, and it detects a signal corresponding to the broadcast program to which the audience member is tuned. The detected signal is stored in the audience monitoring unit, and then the detected signal stored in the audience monitoring unit is outputted. The outputted detected signal is communicated to a central processing station by a communication means for transmitting the outputted detected signal with Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) technology. In another embodiment, the communication means utilizes a ReFLEX protocol.

Abstract: In relation to telephone sets connected together over a radio channel, to enable a telephone set of a calling party to readily identify whether or not a call acknowledgement from a receiving party has been detected. After a call has been originated by way of a keyboard 22 of a radio telephone set, a call acknowledgement signal detection section 17c monitors a call acknowledgement signal transmitted from the calling party by way of a base station 30. When the call acknowledgement signal detection section 17c detects the call acknowledgement signal transmitted from the receiving party, a specific call acknowledgement sound signal is output from an audio output section 21. Further, a specific screen color is displayed on a display section 20.

Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method for dialing a telephone number using a vehicle navigation system in the following manner. A destination is retrieved in response to selection of the destination by the user. A determination is then made if there is a phone number associated with the destination. Where there is a phone number associated with the destination, a phone number is transmitted to a wireless communications device for dialing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rapid dialing of a mobile terminal. A database is set in a memory unit of the mobile terminal, including mobile service provider data and at least one corresponding Internet phone prefix code. A mobile service provider is selected from the database to obtain the corresponding Internet phone prefix code. A destination number is entered by an input device to combine with the Internet phone prefix code resulting in a final complete character string, which is then dialed.

Abstract: A method for making calls from communication devices that operate within a plurality of wireless communication networks. A call number associated with a call from a communication device is received which communicates with an active network. Based on the received call number, a calling code requirement is selected for dialing the call from the communication device. The calling code requirement is then transmitted to the communication device. The call number or the call number in combination with at least one selected calling code is dialed at the communication device based on the transmitted calling code requirement.

Abstract: A cellular telephone apparatus capable of establishing and maintaining a call even in case of a failure in call establishment or a call due to a busy state of a called party or a communications channel disorder such as congestion or received wave level shortage. In response to a request for a call origination for a destination telephone number, a call is originated for the destination telephone number. In case of a failure in the call origination, a call termination process is executed and then the call origination is retried. Once a call is established after the call origination, in response to a detection of disconnection of the call caused not by a user but by a channel disorder, a call termination process executed. A call is originated for the same telephone number as a destination telephone number of the disconnected call. In an embodiment, the retrying is put off while a received wave level is less than a predetermined level.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing a dialing operation using a phone book of a mobile communication terminal, and an apparatus and method capable of displaying all telephone numbers of persons registered in a phone book when a dial history information is displayed. In an apparatus and method for displaying dial history information configured by at least one of a plurality of calling/called telephone classification icons, personal names corresponding to the calling/called telephone classification icons and a single calling/called telephone number icon corresponding to each personal name, the dial history information is sequentially searched. The apparatus and method further determines whether different telephone numbers corresponding to a personal name searched from the dial history information are registered in a phone book.

Abstract: Disclosed is a direct dialing number registering method and apparatus including a parent station (facsimile) connected to a communication line and a plurality of child stations (telephones) capable of two-way communication with the facsimile, wherein due to specific identification numbers pre-set for the individual telephones, transmission/reception between the facsimile and a specific telephone can be performed. A direct dialing number for a telephone is registered into the facsimile, before or after the telephone is caused to indicate to a user that the telephone corresponds to the direct dialing number. In another method, the facsimile is set to a dialing number registering mode by operating the facsimile. Then, a telephone for which a dialing number is to be set is caused to transmit its identification number to the facsimile, by operating the telephone. The dialing number of the telephone corresponding to the identification number received by the facsimile is registered into the facsimile.

Abstract: The present invention is designed such that in a communication apparatus under a control of a switching communication apparatus, a telephone transmission can be done by using a telephone directory data within the switching communication apparatus which is not registered in a telephone directory within the communication apparatus. When, a signal indicative of a usage of a telephone directory data is inputted to a terminal controller 1a from a telephone directory process recognizer 1c, the terminal controller 1a transmits a telephone directory data stored in an in-terminal telephone directory memory 1b, to a switching communication apparatus 2.

Abstract: A system and method of selectively paging an individual through one of a plurality of paging mechanisms. An indication of a paging mechanism for each individual to be paged is stored in a memory device. When an input is received from a user to page the individual, a control processor retrieves the indication of a paging mechanism for the individual to be paged and determines which of the plurality of paging mechanisms is to be utilized to page the individual. The individual may be selectively paged through an on-premises paging system, a wide area paging system, or a cellular telephone.

Abstract: In a telecommunications device having a memory, a user input device, and a modem for connection to an external network, each controlled by a processor, a dialing apparatus is provided for connection to the external network. The dialing apparatus includes a dialer program operating in the telecommunications device for prioritizing a plurality of different dialing strings, highest to lowest, each associated with the external network for connection of the telecommunications device to the external network based on the location of the telecommunications device.

Abstract: A device such a cellular telephone is provided with an I-key. A register of the telephone is used to stored the digits entered on the keypad of the phone. If the I-key is pressed after a sequence of digits has been entered on the keypad, the phone interprets the number in the register as an private number for an information resource such as are available on the Internet. The phone translates the private number into an URL, and obtains a TCP/IP address corresponding to the URL. The phone transmits an access request to the Internet resource corresponding to the private number and launches a browser or another suitable application to display the data returned from the resource.

Abstract: A dialing method for effecting international call in intelligent cellular phone utilizes a conversion table for storing system codes of a plurality of network companies worldwide and their international access codes and a phone book for storing a plurality of telephone numbers having international access codes respectively of different called parties in the database thereof to let the cellular phone be able to determine current location area while calling in international roaming and find the correct international access code from conversion table in accordance with system code received from an approximate network company for replacing international access code in telephone number searched from phone book.

Abstract: A telephone dialling apparatus appends an end-of-dialling signal, for example a “SEND” signal, to a dialled telephone number by determining from first and second dialled digits how many digits constitute a telephone number to be subsequently dialled. After the dialling apparatus has determined that the correct number of digits have been dialled, it automatically appends the end-of-dialling signal to the telephone number. The dialling apparatus may be used in a system in which a fixed line telephone is connected to a mobile network via a fixed access unit.

Abstract: Provided is transmission of situational location dependent information from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing system communicates with the receiving data processing system in a manner by pushing content when appropriate. A candidate delivery event associated with a current positional attribute of the receiving data processing system is recognized and a situational location of the remote data processing system is determined. The candidate delivery event may be a location and/or direction change, device state change, or movement exceeding a movement tolerance. The situational location of the remote data processing system may be its location, direction, location and direction, proximity to a location, state change, or location and/or direction relative to a previous location and/or direction, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for transparently supporting a wireless service protocol such as IS-53 in a Generic C integrated wireless and wireline communication system operating with a wireline service protocol such as LSSGR. The Generic C architecture is provided with the capability of supporting common cellular system IS-53 wireless features in addition to the wireline LSSGR features otherwise provided by either translating wireless invocation codes to wireline invocation codes, or directing call processing to a dedicated wireless system mobile switching center (MSC) arranged to process IS-53 protocol. Feature code translation is performed in a wireless system location register (WSLR) to enable transparent IS-53 feature code support on a CLASS 5 wireline switch equipped with LSSGR features. Alternatively, upon inquiry from an access manager (AM), the WSLR directs the AM to route the call to the dedicated MSC for IS-53 code processing.

Abstract: To facilitate calling from a mobile station, a method and a device have been invented by means of which the selection of the phone number of a subscriber B has been made easier. When using a mobile station as a navigation device or in connection with one, a connection for one or more records to phone numbers in an abbreviated dialling memory of the mobile station is defined in a geographical point of interest (POI) database of the navigation device. In this way, after the user has first selected his navigation POI, he can make a call to the POI by using a specific ‘call POI’ switch without having to search the abbreviated dialling memory for a phone number corresponding to the navigation POI at hand and without himself having to dial the phone number.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an antenna, a TDMA/TDD processing unit, a radio unit provided between the antenna and the TDMA/TDD processing unit for data transfer, a telephone directory memory that stores a plurality of telephone numbers divided into a plurality of groups, and a control unit that determines which group in the telephone directory memory an input telephone number belongs to and provides control of whether to notify calling information to a called party via the TDMA/TDD processing unit, the radio unit and the antenna according to the determination result.

Abstract: A system and method for aiding emergency service providers in locating an incapacitated individual by use of a wireless communications device. The invention has two major modes of operation based upon whether the line of communication between the handset and call destination is open or closed. If the connection between the handset and the call destination is open, the audible beacon periodically generates a preselected tone through the built-in speaker of the telephone. The audible beacon may be initiated from the call destination location, after there has been an established link between the telephone and the call destination, whether the connection is open or closed. Once the audible beacon is initiated, the stored volume settings of the handset are replaced by the volume settings of the audible beacon system and the preselected tone of a telephone ringer or a beep. The tone remains activated until manually turned off.

Abstract: A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for decreasing the average call setup time in a cellular network by using an Internet Protocol based cellular network. Call information (such as routing information, channel types, etc.) for a particular call initiated by a calling Mobile Station (MS) can be stored in a call cache within a serving Mobile Switching Center (MSC) to immediately allow the same call to be re-established without tying-up circuits. A call cache identifier (CCI) is assigned to that call cache and passed to the calling MS. When the MSC receives a call from the calling MS, the MSC determines whether a CCI is included with the call. If not, call setup proceeds as normal, and the MSC creates a call cache for the call, assigns a CCI to the call cache and returns the CCI to the calling MS. If a CCI is received with the call, the MSC accesses the call cache associated with the received CCI, and uses the call setup information stored in the call cache to re-establish the call.

Abstract: A terminal, automatic recall procedure, and telecommunication system are disclosed which include means for integrating an automatic repeat call function in a terminal of a telecommunication network provided with a data transfer protocol which operates in the simultaneous bidirectional mode. The automatic repeat call function is realized by a device which is integrated in a local terminal provided with a command which is to be triggered after an effort to achieve a connection to a distant terminal has failed, with the object of automatically repeating the effort until the connection has been established, but staying within the limit of a given number of repeat operations.

Abstract: A wireless communication device contains a prefix storage area containing one or more prefixes that may be automatically pre-pended to a destination telephone number. The destination telephone number may be entered manually by the user using a keypad or automatically entered from a telephone number storage area. The system analyzes the destination telephone number and determines whether one or more prefix pre-pending levels have been enabled. If enabled, the system automatically pre-pends the selected prefixes to the user-entered destination telephone number to generate a complete destination telephone number. The automatic pre-pending can extend to all telephone numbers entered by the user, or may be limited to telephone numbers in the telephone number storage area. Similarly, the system can be enabled continuously, or may be disabled when the user turns off the wireless communication device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for initiating a telecommunications call. A plurality of beacons (102) are geographically disposed in a telecommunications system (100). Each beacon (102n) radiates an electromagnetic carrier that is modulated with an identifying address (e.g., a telephone number, an Internet address) for an associated terminal. An identifying signal is stored in a memory (206). A controller (208) modulates a carrier with the identifying signal and a transmission element (210) transmits the carrier to allow a communications terminal (104) to initiate a call to the associated communications terminal (114, 116). A wireless terminal (104a) includes a directional receiver (204). To initiate a call, a user points directional receiver (204) at a beacon. The directional receiver (204) receives the electromagnetic carrier and the wireless terminal recovers the identifying address.

Abstract: A portable telephone is realized, which can execute a desired function with simple operations. The portable telephone 1 which can execute various functions selected from the hierarchically structured menus, is provided with dedicated execution keys 9 for instructing execution of functions, a function assigning means 11 for assigning a desired function to an execution key 9, and a function executing means 11 for executing a function assigned to an execution key 9 in response to the pressing of the execution key 9.

Abstract: Group identification codes, names of parties to be sent, and telephone numbers of the pagers of the parties to be sent are stored in groups in memory 3 of a selective pager. At the time of transmission of a message, telephone numbers of a specified group and a message to be sent for the group are selected from the memory. The telephone numbers and the message are alternately sent to a DTMF signal generation section 8, which converts the telephone numbers and the message to DTMF signals. The DTMF signals are then converted into acoustic signals by means of a speaker 9 and are continually transmitted by way of a transmitter of a telephone set. As a result, a group call can be implemented without involving laborious operations, such as transmission of the telephone numbers and the message one by one.

Abstract: A cellular phone which, when a communication channel is disconnected because of deterioration of field strength while a call is in progress, waits for recovery of the field strength and reinitiates a call. The cellular phone includes telephone number storage means 12 for storing a telephone number of a called party when originating a call or storing a telephone number of a calling party when receiving an incoming call; number-for-call-reestablishment registration means 13 for storing a telephone number of the called/calling party input by the user; and call reestablishment processing means 14 for automatically reinitiating a call by dialing the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means or the number-for-call-reestablishment registration means. Even when the cellular phone receives an incoming call, the telephone unit automatically reinitiates a call if the telephone unit has received the telephone number of the calling party.

Abstract: A character recognition mobile telephone registers and performs various functions of the telephone using a character recognition function. The character recognition mobile telephone includes a function character storage for registering character codes corresponding to various functions of the mobile telephone; a touch screen with which a user inputs a desired function character; a character recognizer for generating feature data for the character input from the touch screen and a corresponding character code, and searching the function character storage for a character code identical to the generated character code; and a controller for entering a function mode corresponding to the input character.