FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention is generally related to dialing features and more particularly to variable dialing features for cellular telephones. Previously, telephones had memory dialing features to limit the number of digits required when placing a call memory. In such cases, the dialing features in telephone devices were limited to dialing predetermined stored numbers which were called frequently. By recalling the directory number which was stored in memory, the number of "keystrokes" required could be significantly reduced. For example, a long distance number comprising ten digits could be dialed by selecting one or two keys on a telephone keyboard. As smart phone technology advances, endless varieties of touch screen mobile phones emerge. Smart phones have become the mainstream of cell phone development. Compared to the traditional keyboard, touch screen operation is much easier. In more recent portable electronic devices, the keypad is implemented as a virtual keypad displayed on a touch screen. The touch screen of the portable electronic device displays regions that may be touched by a user. The regions may be associated with digits 0-9, although other associations are possible (e.g., *, #, etc.). Selection of a region by a user results in the dialing of the corresponding digit in a phone number. The regions act as buttons or keys and generate a signal when touched. The signals generated are interpreted by the portable electronic device and result in the dialing of a phone number defined by the numbers associated with the touched regions. One problem generally associated with the use of touch screen displays in mobile telephones, in which call progression or selecting and activating phone features by touching or pressing the touch screen display at specific locations is the susceptibility to accidental or unintentional activation or deactivation of phone functions such as, for example, accidentally ending a call during the course of the ongoing call due to
the user touching the display screen when the phone is held in the talking position or is carried when used with a headset. Further, many telephone used a touchscreen and a graphical user interface (GUI) to present a virtual ITU-T keypad for phone dialing. In this case such devices do not have physical keys for dialing a phone number. Touchscreen devices may also employ virtual keyboards and/or handwriting recognition for text entry. The ITU-T keypad associates letters of the alphabet with the numbers of the keypad. Alternatively, the user may memorize the associations of letters and numbers on the keypad. However, either approach can require a significant amount of time/steps to enter the telephone number and can also be error prone, thereby resulting in an increased probability that the user will dial a wrong number. Accordingly, there is a need to effectively and conveniently reduce the steps required when making calls. Further, there is a need to provide a method to make the dialing less error prone.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
There are a number of advantages, features, and objects achieved with the present invention which are believed not to be available in earlier related devices.
The object of the invention is to overcome the difficulties encountered with previous devices known in the art.
The object of the present invention is to reduce the number of steps required to dial a telephone number which is used frequently.
Another object of the present invention is to provide user convenience.
Another object of the present invention is to make the dialing less error prone.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention is illustrated diagrammatically in the following drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a biometric data system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic illustration of a control system which controls operation of the system shown in FIG. 1
Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of a control system which controls operation of the system shown in Fig. 1
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The term "phone”, “telephone”, “cellular telephone” and “multi-functional devices” as used herein means electrical instruments of the type used to transmit voice and/or other data signals over relatively long distances. Examples of such instruments include cellular telephones, radios, pagers, personal-digital- assistant (PDA) and pen-input notebooks having signal transmitting and receiving capabilities, and the like. In particular, the present invention is directed to such instruments that use a smooth touch- sensitive screen to input and display data.
In the present invention, calls may refer to Cellular calls, Internet (IP) calls and any other software that may allow voice/video calling. Further, messages may refer to SMS, I-message, whatsapp and/or any other form of messaging done through the phone.
In the previously known method for memory dialing, the method generally included an ordered linking of at least one predetermined number and at least one variable number stored in memory for convenient transmission by way of a cellular telephone.
In other previously known telephones having employing touch screens, the user used to authenticate phone login using the fingerprint sensor and/or unlock the phone using a numeric passcode/pattern. Once the phone is unlocked the user used to open the phone dialer on the phone and searches the relevant contact to dial and/or enters the required number to be dialled on the keypad using the touch panel. When the used taps the dial button on the contact or entered number the phone dials the phone number and connects the user.
Various shortcuts were used to reduce the number of steps and to simplify the steps required by a user to dial the phone number but to many users, even shortcuts are not convenient enough. The speed dial function of mobile phones still requires users to push at least 2 or 3 buttons. Further, users often forget the sequence of keystrokes that provide a short cut resulting in incorrect dialing.
Therefore, there was a requirement of a system and a method to reduce the number of steps required to dial a telephone number which is used frequently and to make dialling less error prone.
In one aspect of the present invention, a system for automatically dialling a phone number comprises a linking device to link a contact, comparing device to read biometric data and to compare with the stored biometric data, a validator to validate the number and a Database to store the linked contact and a dialler to dial the phone number.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the security systems use content for e.g. biometric data, such as fingerprints, to authenticate the identity of the users attempting to gain access to the telephone system. A fingerprint scan in combination with a conventional means of identification, such as a password, makes a computing device that relies on these computer security systems more reliable.
In accordance with the present invention, the biometric data can be the fingerprint image of the user.
In accordance with the present invention, the said fingerprint image on the electronic device can be used to initiate a dialling of the phone number.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises (a) a biometric data capturing module for capturing biometric data; (b) a memory storing a plurality of stored biometric data each having a corresponding phone number to dial the phone number; and (c) a processor coupled to both the biometric sensor and the memory, the processor configured to match read biometric data with stored biometric data and to automatically dial a corresponding number.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the user may link different phone numbers with different fingerprint image. Thus, for example, the user may link its index finger’s fingerprint data with number A and the user may link its thumb’s fingerprint data with number B and so on.
FIG. 1 illustrates an electronic device for Authenticated dialling system automatically to a preferred phone number using an input action of a user according an embodiment of the present disclosure. According to FIG. 1, the electronic device 100 comprises a biometric data input unit 101, a display module 102, a biometric data determination module 103, a storage unit 104, an authentication processor 105, and an calling processor 106.
The biometric data input unit 101 is configured to read the biometric data displayed in front of the electronic device 100. The biometric data input unit 101 of the electronic device for Authenticated dialling system further comprises a biometric data input device selection module and an instruction conversion module.
The display module 102 is configured to display the captured biometric data on the electronic device 100. Further, the display module 102 allows the user to provide finger actions of the user as inputs for registering the user fingerprints on the
electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 can support the display module 102 in different forms such as a Graphical User Interface (GUI), a browser, a touch screen interface, and the like. As the user provides finger actions as input to the display module 102, the biometric data determination module 103 recognizes the fingerprint associated with the finger action of the user and stores the fingerprint of the user in a storage unit 104.
In an embodiment, the biometric data determination module 103 is configured to recognize the biometric data of the user when the user places his/her finger on a biometric data input unit 101. The biometric data determination module 103 determines the specification, including the resolution and the size of biometric data to be captured. The storage unit 104 is configured to store the registered fingerprints of the user. The storage unit 104 comprises fingerprint mapping information, task information and associated parameters etc
In an embodiment the storage unit includes, but is not limited to, a memory device, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM), or the like.
The authentication processor 105 is configured to authenticate the biometric data of the user by matching the biometric data with the biometric data of the user that is stored in the storage unit 104.
In an embodiment, based on the matching criteria, the authentication processor 105 also confirms that the user is the registered user for the electronic device 100.
The calling processor 106 is configured to execute a call identified by the biometric data of the user on the electronic device 100.
In an embodiment, one or more operations to be executed require authentication of the finger actions of the user by the authentication processor 105 before the calling processor 106 executes an identified operation on the electronic device 100. After identifying the operation for one or more finger actions, the association and
execution module 106 is configured to execute the identified operation on the electronic device 100.
In an another embodiment of the present invention, when the phone is in locked state, the user will scan the biometric data with the biometric data input unit 101 and the calling processor 106 will automatically dial the number mapped with the biometric data. In such cases, the user is able to minimize the steps for placing the call and this invention is very useful in emergency situations wherein the user do not have to open the phone first and then place a call.
In another embodiment of the present invention, in case the user has mapped the biometric data to messaging, the specified messaging app will open.
Referring to FIG. 2, a method of storing and linking a phone number to the biometric data in electronic device which is configured for automated dialling is disclosed. The method as disclosed in Fig. 2 linking comprises a step of adding an action against the biometric data, clicking on the stored biometric data which is to be linked with the contact, open contact picker of Android to choose a contact, verifying and validating the contact with the number and save the number in storage unit and link the stored number to the biometric data.
In accordance of the embodiment of the present invention, a user interface is provided that includes a touch sensitive display screen coupled to a controller operable to display on the touch sensitive display screen. The touchscreen display, in the preferred embodiment, is responsive to a screen sensor that detects mechanical pressure from a user’s finger on a particular portion of the screen. The touch sensor may be a film behind a flexible tactile transducer film or a thin film in front of tactile elements with sufficient flexibility and compliance that it does not impair the tactile perception of the screen. Such sensors are already known in the art.
The telephone is controlled by a controller that is coupled to the transmitter, receiver, and the touchscreen display of the present invention. The controller in the
preferred embodiment is a microcontroller. Alternate embodiments can use different types of controllers such as microprocessors, application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), or other such controllers.
According to FIG. 3, the method of automated dialling comprises reading of biometric data by a biometric data input module 101, displaying the captured biometric data by a display module 102, determining the biometric data by biometric data determination module 103, storing the biometric data in storage unit 104, authenticating the biometric data by an authentication processor 105, and calling a linked number by an calling processor 106.
The method as disclosed in Fig. 3 further comprising a step of recognizing the biometric data associated with the finger action of the user by a biometric data determination module 103 and storing the biometric data of the user in a storage unit 104.
Further, in an embodiment of the invention, the method, as disclosed in Fig. 3 determines the resolution and the size of biometric data.
The method further authenticates with the help of the authentication processor 105 the biometric data by matching the biometric data with the biometric data of the user that is stored in the storage unit 104. Further, based on the matching criteria, the method confirms that the user is the registered user for the electronic device 100.
The method further executes a call identified by the fingerprint of the user on the electronic device 100 with the help of the calling processor 106.
In an another embodiment of the present invention, when the phone is in locked state, the user will scan the finger with the biometric data input unit 101 and the calling processor 106 will automatically dial the mapped number. The other steps will be same as described above. In such cases, the user is able to minimize the steps for
placing the call and this invention is very useful in emergency situations wherein the user do not have to open the phone first and then place a call.
Through the technical effect of the novel electronic device system for automated calling and the operating system, the user can map different fingerprints for controlling different applications. Further, the technical effect of the novel electronic device for automated calling and the operating system would enable the user to make a call quickly, efficiently and diminishes the error prone dialing. Further, the technical effect of the novel electronic device would be minimizing the steps while placing a call and would be directly making a call even in locked situation.
Preferably, the method of the present invention will be incorporated in a cellular phone having a display to allow for interaction between the cellular telephone and the user. For convenience, the description will include reference to function keys which are commonly available on cellular phones. However, the reference to specific functions on cellular phones in describing the present method is merely by way of example. It will be understood that the method of the present invention could be incorporated in other communication systems capable of transmitting digital data within the scope of the present invention. Ranges, if any, may be expressed herein as from “about” one particular value, and/or to “about” another particular value. When such a range is expressed, another embodiment includes from the one particular value and/or to the other particular value. Similarly, when values are expressed as approximations, by use of the antecedent “about,” it will be understood that the particular value forms another embodiment. As used herein, “comprising,” “including,” “containing,” “characterized by,” and grammatical equivalents thereof are inclusive or open-ended terms that do not exclude additional, unrecited elements or method steps. “Comprising” is to be
interpreted as including the more restrictive terms “consisting of” and “consisting essentially of.” As used herein, “consisting of” and grammatical equivalents thereof exclude any element, step, or ingredient not specified in the claim. As used herein, “consisting essentially of” and grammatical equivalents thereof limit the scope of a claim to the specified materials or steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristic or characteristics of the claimed invention. Although the subject matter has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. It is to be understood that the claims will not necessarily limited to the features described herein. Rather, the features are disclosed as embodiments of the Authenticated dialling system.

CLAIMS
I/We claim,
1. An electronic device for authenticated dialling system automatically to a preferred phone number comprising a biometric data input module 101, a display module 102, a biometric data determination module 103, a storage unit 104, an authentication processor 105, and an calling processor 106 .
2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the biometric data input module 101 is configured to read the biometric data displayed in front of the electronic device 100.
3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the biometric data input module 101 of the electronic device for Authenticated dialling system further comprises a biometric data input device selection module and an instruction conversion module.
4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display module 102 is configured to display the captured biometric data on the electronic device 100.
5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the display module 102 allows the user to provide finger actions of the user as inputs for registering the user fingerprints on the electronic device 100.
6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the biometric data determination module 103 recognizes the fingerprint associated with the finger action of the user when the user places his/her finger on a biometric data input module 101.
7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the biometric data determination module 103 further determines the specification, including the resolution and the size of biometric data to be captured.
8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage unit 104 is configured to store the registered fingerprints of the user.
9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the authentication processor 105 is configured to authenticate the biometric data of the user by matching the biometric data with the registered biometric data of the user that is stored in the storage unit 104.
10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the calling processor 106 is configured to automatically execute a call identified by the fingerprint of the user on the electronic device 100.
11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device may be in locked state.
12. The method of automated dialling comprises reading of biometric data by a biometric data input module 101, displaying the captured biometric data by a display module 102, determining the biometric data by biometric data determination module 103, storing the biometric data in storage unit 104, authenticating the biometric data by an authentication processor 105, and automatically calling a linked number by an calling processor 106.
13. The method as claimed in claim 11, the method further comprises the steps of adding an action against the biometric data, clicking on the stored biometric data which is to be linked with the contact, open contact picker of Android to choose a contact, verifying and validating the contact with the number and save the number in storage unit and link the stored number to the biometric data.
14. The method of automated dialling in an electronic device in locked situation comprises the step of reading the biometric data with the biometric data input unit 101 and the automatically dial the mapped number by the calling processor 106.
15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the process does not open the phone and it directly dial the mapped number automatically.