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Mobile terminal and menu control method thereof

US9692865B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2016
Grant dateJun 27, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2025/783
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication, a display, and a controller configured to, activate a mode for voice recognition in response to a touch input to a soft button displayed on the display or to a hard button on the mobile terminal, receive a first voice input associated with a phone call relating operation of the mobile terminal, display an indicator on the display indicating the voice input is being recognized by the mobile terminal, analyze the context of a voice command in the voice input, execute the call relating operation only if there is a single contact in a phonebook that matches the voice command in the first voice input, if there is no single contact that matches the voice command of the received voice input, display a plurality of candidates that is analyzed based on the voice command, receive a second input according to a plurality of candidates, and execute the call relating operation based on the second input.

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