Abstract:
A system and method for information inquiry to phone books or databases of mobile phones is disclosed. In one embodiment, the disclosed system integrates person names and company titles into keywords to find properly allocations in databases for storage purpose. An individual may inquire information by giving keywords under input modes by means of English characters, mandarin phonetic notations, or pinyin syllables for searching. A telephone number selected from the searched database records can then be dialed based on individual's selections.
Abstract:
A system and method for upgrading inquiry efficiency of mobile phones, PDAs, or handheld devices having CCITT standard keypads is disclosed. In one embodiment, an individual may press keys to give at least one key values, whereas conversions to key values are activated to obtain mandarin pinyin syllables or phonetic notations associated with all input modes. Combinations of all pinyin syllables or phonetic notations are then derived to establish all word lists based on all input modes. Non-idiomatic character combinations are then eliminated before showing one of the word lists according to the currently employed input mode. An individual may select one from the shown word list to access detailed information contained in the selected one for further selections.