Portable terminal with QWERTY keypad and method for processing phone numbers in the portable terminal

摘要

A portable terminal including a QWERTY keypad is capable of converting alpha-numeric inputs into a numeric only phone number. The portable terminal includes a controller that processes a phone number of a combination of letters and numbers. The controller can identify whether the input phone number contains letters. When the input phone number contains letters, the controller refers to a table for converting letters to numbers and converts the alpha-numeric phone number into a numeric phone number by converting the identified letters into corresponding numbers.

主权项

1. A method for processing a phone number in a portable terminal with a QWERTY keypad, the method comprising:
inputting a phone number; identifying whether the input phone number contains at least one letter; when the input phone number contains at least one letter, referring to a table for converting at least one letter to numbers, and converting the at least one identified letter into at least one corresponding number; and storing the at least one converted number in a storage unit of the portable terminal as a converted phone number, wherein storing the at least one converted number comprises when receiving a request to store the input phone number in the storage unit, identifying a character string including the at least one letter in the input phone number as a name for the converted phone number and storing the converted phone number with the name in the storage unit.