CN1354589A - Method for Automatically Inputting Telephone Country Code and Area Code by Using Selected City - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for automatically inputting country code and area code of telephone by selecting city includes such steps as creating country code and area code of each city to a database, sorting the cities, coding to generate a query table, receiving the city to which the telephone is to be dialed, comparing the query table with the selected city to generate the country code and area code of the city, and finally selecting the country code and area code of the city and inputting the telephone to be dialed for dialing.

Description

Method for Automatically Inputting Telephone Country Code and Area Code by Using Selected City

A method for automatically inputting telephone country codes and area codes by selecting cities, which is applied to programmed screen phones (Screen Phone), mobile phones (Mobil Phone), personal digital assistant systems (PDA) or communication with dialing functions in the device.

Due to the development of the global communication system, there are more and more cross-border communications and businesses. Different dialing methods in different countries and regions will cause communication problems for people in different countries and regions. For example, a sales manager has three important customers. Suppose their contact numbers are 33933600, 33933601, and 33933602 respectively, and there are three customers' phone numbers (as shown in Table 1):

Table 1 serial number Name Telephone 1 AAA 33933600 2 BBB 33933601 3 CCC 33933602

When the three customers are at home, the business director can easily call out the phone numbers in the phone directory to automatically dial, but if those customers go on a business trip to Paris, France, London, England, or Tokyo, Japan, the phone number in the phone directory Number data just can't be used, unless input phone number again, this business director must find out country code and area code (French country code [33], Paris area code [1]; UK country code [44]) of these three cities earlier , London area code [20]; Japan country code [81], Tokyo area code [3]), and then modify them to 0033-1-33933600, 0044-20-33933601 and 0081-3-33933602 (as shown in Table 2 shown):

Table 2 serial number Name Telephone 1 AAA 0033-1-33933600 2 BBB 0044-20-33933601 3 CCC 0081-3-33933602

If these customers go to Finland or Greece, the business director must follow the same pattern to modify the directory or dial manually. That is, if this client arrives at every place, want to dial to this client and just must revise this client's phone number again, so obviously very inconvenient, and this phenomenon is in the use of known mobile phone or screen phone (Screen Phone) happens very often.

Since the frequency of mobile phone dialing and receiving foreign calls is increasing day by day, in order to reduce the troubles of different dialing methods in various countries and places, it is very important to use a method for selecting cities to automatically input telephone country codes and area codes.

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method that utilizes selection city to automatically input telephone country code and area code, is to be applied to programmed screen phone (Screen Phone), mobile phone (Mobil Phone), personal digital assistant system (PDA) Or in a communication device with a dial-up function.

The method provided by the present invention must be applied in communication equipment with the function of converting "+" into a standard international long-distance identification code. The method at least includes the following steps: firstly collect the country codes and area codes of cities in various countries; Sort and encode to generate a query table; then use this query table and the city selected by the user to automatically input the country code and area code for dialing and receiving calls.

The detailed content and technology related to the present invention are described as follows by cooperating with the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a keyboard distribution diagram of a known mobile phone;

Fig. 2 is the flow chart of whole processing data process of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the flow chart of whole dialing process of the present invention;

4 to 14 are schematic diagrams of the entire dialing process of the present invention.

The invention discloses a method for automatically inputting country codes and area codes by selecting a city. Before proposing the present invention to establish a database of country codes and area codes, the dialing procedure for international calls is first explained: This party [international long-distance identification code] + the other party [telephone country code] + the other party [telephone area code] + the other party [telephone number]. It should be noted that the country code and area code of each country are different, such as 86-21 for Shanghai, China, 33-1 for Paris, France, and 44-20 for London, England. In the present invention, the telephone network supports "+" as an international long-distance identification code, that is, the telephone network can convert "+" into a standard international long-distance identification code. Generally, the area codes for domestic direct dialing usually start with [0], and this [0] must be discarded when using international direct dialing.

For example, if you dial a long-distance call from mainland China to a company in Tokyo, Japan, the Japanese country code is [81], the Tokyo area code is [3], the company's phone number is [3393-3600], and the international long-distance identification code in mainland China is [00], so the long-distance call should be dialed as the following sequence 00-81-3-33933600, such as dialing this number to Vienna, Austria, it becomes 0043-1-3-33933600 or +43-1-3-33933600.

In the present invention, the country code and area code data of each country can be expanded and modified arbitrarily, because considering the problem of incomplete collection or wrong registration, the present invention provides the functions of user input, modification and expansion. The present invention also collects relevant information of some cities (such as the standard time difference with Greenwich Mean Time, the local average monthly temperature, etc.) to provide users with further understanding of the city.

Table 3 is the initial data structure of a single city, and Table 4 is the data structure of Vienna as an example:

table 3 City name: //Traditional Chinese//Simplified Chinese//English or Pinyin Standard time difference: Average monthly temperature: Country code: City long-distance code:

Table 4 City name: Vienna//Vienna in Traditional Chinese//Vienna in Simplified Chinese//English or Pinyin Standard time difference: +1 Monthly average temperature: 0, 1, 6, 10, 15, 17, 19, 19, 14, 10, 4, 2 Country code: 43 City long-distance code: 1

The following program structure is defined for the initial data structure of a single city:

typedef struct

{

char String[3][20];

float Time;

short Temperature[12];

short TelCode[2];

} WORLDCLOCK;

Considering that each country may have different translated names for the same city, when encoding the country code and area code of each country, it adopts the method of sorting by English alphabet. In the whole process of data processing, the long-distance code of the city in the database must first be established. Assuming that there are 545 cities in the data, the following two sets of data will be generated through processing:

(1) All indexes const S16 TeleCode_Index[ ]={360,87,115,470,441,150,471,448,472,2,396,53,52,63,404,89,218,153,371, 268, 473, 37, 93, 64, 474, 475, 71, 45, 172, 334, 170, 441, 86, 476, 23, 124, 400, 385, 142, 80, 440, 364, 337, 117, 56, 477, 116, 213, 155, 34, 370, 259, 439, 25, 41, 94, 12, 478, 4, 11, 74, 39, 3, 479, 482, 30, 480, 481, 5, 127, 61, 165, 301, 392, 450, 438, 295, 133, 192, 225, 163, 327, 126, 346, 305, 451, 95, 144, 483, 543, 226, 342, 378, 220, 96, 484, 28, 485, 486, 10, 358, 384, 152, 97, 85, 156, 341, 179, 6, 131, 187, 386, 487, 98, 99, 350, 260, 416, 389, 490, 314, 491, 35, 344, 154, 159, 221, 227, 246, 421, 242, 361, 83, 492, 493, 494, 363, 352, 309, 331, 365, 427, 433, 174, 424, 423, 339, 426, 495, 429, 437, 122, 200, 113, 403, 26, 269, 335, 211, 177, 184, 31, 129, 298, 444, 322, 263, 114, 468, 380, 100, 101, 453, 216, 307, 214, 196, 454, 290, 425, 219, 282, 141, 319, 164, 145, 496, 204, 497, 455, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 90, 504, 43, 505, 47, 181, 245, 315, 271, 203, 409, 328, 166, 247, 134, 410, 237, 288, 284, 292, 206, 254, 138, 157, 239, 413, 176, 79, 506, 0, 265, 456, 66, 443, 507, 457, 435, 442, 92, 452, 508, 58, 374, 55, 258, 128, 408, 102, 391, 509, 355, 362, 195, 261, 160, 168, 387, 67, 390, 139, 420, 262, 397, 72, 209, 223, 366, 330, 91, 417, 235, 103, 304, 137, 274, 266, 57, 349, 215, 469, 81, 510, 68, 317, 458, 320, 7, 511, 59, 104, 351, 459, 49, 512, 17, 513, 76, 183, 36, 514, 236, 356, 189, 329, 233, 194, 460, 279, 395, 354, 515, 42, 105, 106, 516, 18, 201, 234, 517, 388, 65, 19.518, 161, 348, 32, 461, 519, 107, 520, 16, 267, 418, 462, 238, 108, 521, 38, 522, 27, 523, 229, 272, 372, 345, 373, 369, 248, 419, 324, 121, 336, 175, 182, 231, 377, 207, 40, 394, 13, 77, 257, 524, 50, 525, 109, 73, 275, 230, 24, 29, 340, 14, 526, 110, 54, 188, 405, 276, 244, 393, 313, 321, 310, 205, 299, 151, 311, 119, 283, 431, 178, 135, 382, 78, 167, 15, 185, 171, 527, 528, 75, 82, 186, 353, 222, 193, 529, 530, 8, 531, 447, 255, 463, 464, 449, 465, 544, 130, 210, 466, 112, 33, 44, 48,532,118,412,162,1,51,399,169,217,368,20,436,88,534,535,533,538,537,60,536,539,21,9,540, 343, 69, 70, 111, 253, 256, 402, 381, 202, 22, 143, 281, 212, 434, 415, 190, 332, 228, 398, 286, 297, 308, 291, 401, 289, 148, 146, 123, 422, 270, 280, 240, 136, 383, 224, 273, 191, 359, 406, 173, 197, 323, 62, 132, 198, 252, 541, 357, 285, 180, 243, 149, 446, 445, 430, 158, 241, 432, 303, 306, 300, 542, 333, 407, 140, 467, 293, 428, 379, 250, 302, 125, 414, 232, 316, 318, 376, 147, 264, 199, 326, 277, 208, 312, 278, 296, 249, 347, 367, 84,};

(2) Index of English city names starting with "A", "B", "C"..."Z" letters: const S16 TeleCode_Char[26]={0, 27, 64, 99, 124, 127, 138, 152, 197, 207, 234, 249, 283, 305, 325, 327, 348, 362, 370, 416, 446, 452, 455, 472, 492, 524,};

In the selection list screen, the first displayed city serial number is TeleCode_Index[0], the second displayed city serial number is TeleCode_Index[1], ... the ith displayed city serial number is TeleCode_Index[i-1], use After the user enters an English ch, the value of TeleCode_Index[ch-A] is the index of the city name starting with ch, and the selection list screen will immediately jump to the city starting with the letter, which is convenient for users to quickly search.

The above-mentioned database will be the basis for the user to automatically input the telephone country code and area code. The present invention also uses the automatic addition of the country code and area code after selecting the required city in the world city selection list, and is combined into a correct dialing Telephone sequence, it is very helpful on the screen phone (Screen Phone) or the automatic answering system of the mobile phone (Mobil Phone), etc., which can store the phone number and can automatically dial the number.

Fig. 1 is the keyboard distribution diagram of a known mobile phone, before explaining the method of the present invention, briefly explain the keyboard distribution of existing mobile phone, wherein, comprise function selection key 101, left function key 102, right function key 103, The arrow keys 104 and the CCITT button 105 etc., the CCITT button 105 is an International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) standard.

Fig. 2 is the flow chart of whole processing data process of the present invention, at first open original data file and desired output file (step 201), then judge whether the original data file index has reached the end of the file (step 202), if the index has not yet reached the end of the file , then read a piece of data output to the final data file, and save the English name (step 203), until the index reaches the end of the file, then close the original data file and the desired output file, and sort the English names of all city names (step 204 ), and output the index (total 26) (step 205) of the city names beginning with "A", "B", "C" ... "Z", after that, enter the next alphabetical sorting, output from "A" , "B", "C"..."Z" new index (step 206), which is convenient for users to quickly search.

Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the whole dialing process of the present invention, and the present invention utilizes a specific embodiment to illustrate as follows: first press " 0 " for a long time, until "+" appears (step 301), then press the left function key, enter the selection country or City module (step 302), the present invention also provides and presses the right function key, enters and browses country or city content module (step 303), illustrates that the left and right function keys are only one of the design modes of the present invention, are not used to limit the present invention operating range.

After determining the selected country or city, return the country code and area code (step 304) of the country or city, then input the user's phone number (step 305), complete the dialing and receiving phone number sequence, the present invention provides manual mode simultaneously , directly input the country code and area code (step 306), at last, whether to press the determination key (step 307), if determined, then directly dial (step 308), otherwise, end the dialing action.

The whole process of dialing with the method provided by the present invention is described as follows, and Fig. 4 to Fig. 14 are schematic diagrams of the whole dialing process of the present invention. During standby (as shown in FIG. 4 ), if you want to call a friend in Brisbane (Australia), the phone number is 45789612. First press the "0" button for a long time, "0" will appear on the screen (as shown in Figure 5), but then "+" will be displayed (as shown in Figure 6), at this time, if you do not know the country code of Brisbane and Area code, the user can press the left function key to pop up the world city selection list (as shown in Figure 7).

In the city selection screen, the user can press the direction keys to browse one by one, or use the left and right function keys to turn pages one by one, or press the number keys "2" to "9" to display the value just pressed at the bottom center of the screen. English letters (as shown in Figure 8) for quick retrieval.

Now press "2" twice to make the cursor rest on the city name beginning with "B" (as shown in Figure 9), and then press the arrow keys to turn to Brisbane (as shown in Figure 10). If the user is interested in the city, he can also press the left function key to check the local time of the city, the average temperature of the month, the country code and the area code etc. (as shown in Figure 11). If the local time is in the middle of the night, the user can avoid calling at this time; or know the local temperature level as a considerate and happy greeting.

Next, after pressing the confirmation key, return to the dialing screen, at this moment, the country code and area code of Brisbane have been added to the screen (as shown in Figure 12), and finally input the phone number "45789612" (as shown in Figure 13 shown).

The method provided by the present invention must meet the "+" specification supported by the local telephone network, that is, replace the local international long-distance prefix code with "+", and the last step is to synthesize the international long-distance call with the country code, area code and local telephone number to be dialed dial out, and then press the OK key to dial out the number (as shown in Figure 14).

The present invention can also be aimed at the telephone number on the incoming call and the telephone book, cooperates the database of the present invention memory, automatically recognizes the location of the telephone number on the incoming call and the telephone book, provides relevant information, as time (time difference), date, average temperature and Relevant tourist information and so on.

Finally, the present invention has the function of arbitrarily expanding and revising the country code and area code database, if the country code or area code of a certain city changes. At this time, the user must modify the relevant content of this city in the original database, and the modification steps are as follows:

(1) In the city selection list screen, find the city and enter the city screen;

(2) Press the function selection key 101 to switch to the editing mode;

(3) modify the wrong data;

(4) Save the data and return to the city selection list screen.

On the other hand, considering the problem of incomplete collection when establishing country code and area code databases of various countries, the present invention also provides users with an additional input mode, the steps of which are as follows:

(1) In the city selection list screen, press the function selection key 101 to switch to the new mode;

(2) Input each content (the column with no value remains blank, and if there are multiple values in the same column, separate them with commas);

(3) Store the data and reorder all city names.

Although the present invention is disclosed above with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person of ordinary skill in the professional field may make appropriate changes without departing from the concept and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the claims.

Claims (9)

1, a kind of method of selecting the city to import telephone country code and area code automatically of utilizing, be screen phone, mobile phone, the PDA system that is applied to sequencing, in the communication apparatus with dial feature, this method comprises the following step at least:

Set up in the country code and area code to a database in city, various countries;

Sort at this city, and generation one question blank of being encoded;

The affiliated city of dialing/receiving calling is desired in input, and utilizes this question blank and selected this city to compare, to produce the country code and the area code in corresponding this city; And

Select the country code and also input desire of the area code dialing/receiving calling in this city to dial and connect.

2, utilization as claimed in claim 1 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is characterized in that this communication apparatus has a screen, this screen content is to be selected from any in the combination of city name, the standard time difference, monthly mean temperature, countries and regions' code, the long-distance code in city and travel information.

3, utilization as claimed in claim 1 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is characterized in that this city name is with Chinese-traditional, simplified form of Chinese Character and English pinyin representation.

4, utilization as claimed in claim 1 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is characterized in that at the step that sorts in this city it being that the city name of the English that starts with English alphabet is as foundation.

5, utilization as claimed in claim 1 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is characterized in that also comprising the step of revising this database:

In a city selective listing picture, find this city, and enter this city picture;

Switch to edit pattern;

Revise misdata; And

Store this modification data, and return this city selective listing picture.

6, utilization as claimed in claim 1 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is characterized in that also comprising the step of newly-increased this database:

In this city selective listing picture, choose a newly-increased pattern;

Import every content of these newly-increased data; And

Store and should increase data newly, and to all city names rearrangements.

7, utilization as claimed in claim 6 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is blank according to the column maintenance of the value that does not have it is characterized in that importing this step that increases every content of these data newly, a plurality of values are arranged in the same column, and the middle mode that separates with comma is imported this newly-increased data.

8, utilization as claimed in claim 1 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is characterized in that this communication apparatus must satisfy local telephone network and support "+" standard.

9, utilization as claimed in claim 8 selects the city to import the method for telephone country code and area code automatically, it is characterized in that this "+" standard is that telephone network can will should "+" change into standard international long-distance identification code.

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