Method for displaying call record list in wireless telecommunication terminal

1. A method of displaying a call record list in a wireless telecommunication terminal, the method comprising:

a) reading stored call records in response to a call record list searching request;

b) collecting a plurality of call records associated with a caller in time sequence; and

c) displaying information of the caller together with a group of multiple icons next to the caller information, wherein the multiple icons represent the plurality of the call records associated with the caller.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step c) comprises:

c1) referring to a phone book database of the terminal and checking whether a name is associated with a telephone number of the call records;

c2) if there is a name associated with the telephone number of the call records, displaying the multiple icons next to the name of the call records in order of a predetermined sequence; and

c3) if there is no name associated with the telephone number of the call records, displaying the multiple icons next to the telephone number in order of a predetermined sequence.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the call records comprises at least one call event selected from the group consisting an incoming call, an outgoing call, a missed call and a short message reception.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein the steps c2) and c3) displays the multiple icons and the number of call events that are occurred consecutively.

5. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the predetermined sequence is outputted in parallel.

6. A mobile terminal for displaying a call record list, comprising:

a call record list reading means for reading a stored call record list in response to a call record list searching request;

a call record collecting means for collecting a plurality of call records having identical caller information in the form of a list of records in time sequence; and

a list displaying means for displaying caller information together with a group of multiple icons next to the caller information.

7. The mobile terminal as recited in claim 6 , wherein the list displaying means includes:

a means for checking whether a name is associated with a telephone number of the call records; and

an icon displaying means for displaying the multiple icons representing the plurality of call records, wherein if there is a name associated with the telephone number, the icon displaying means is configured to display the multiple icons next to the name of the call records, wherein if there is no name associated with the telephone number of the call record, the icon displaying means is configured to display the multiple icons next to the telephone number.

8. The mobile terminal as recited in claim 7 , wherein the icon displaying means displays the icons of the call records and the number of call events occurring consecutively.

9. The mobile terminal as recited in claim 7 , wherein the predetermined sequence is outputted in parallel.

10. A method of displaying recent calls in a telecommunication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a request for displaying recent calls;

upon receiving the request, processing records of recent calls so as to identify two or more calls involving an identical person or telephone number; and

displaying a list of recent calls, wherein the two or more calls involving the identical person or telephone number are displayed as an aggregate comprising multiple icons in the list of recent calls next to information identifying the person or telephone number, wherein the multiple icons represents the two or more calls and are displayed in time sequence of the two or more calls.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the aggregate of the two or more calls is displayed as a single entry in the list.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the icon is configured to identify the type of each call.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the type of the call is selected from the group consisting of an incoming call, an incoming voice mail message, an incoming missed call, an incoming text message, an outgoing text message and an outgoing call.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein if two or more other calls involve another person or another telephone number, the two or more other calls are identified and displayed as an aggregate as well.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein in the aggregate, the two or more calls are displayed as sorted by the time of the occurrence of the calls.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein in the aggregate, the two or more calls are displayed as sorted by the type of the calls.

17. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory configured to store recent call data;

a processor configured to process the recent call data to identify two or more calls involving an identical person or telephone number from the recent call data; and

a display connected to the processor and configured to display recent call information, wherein the two or more calls involving the identical person or telephone number are configured to be displayed as an aggregate comprising multiple icons in the list of the recent calls next to information about the identical person or telephone number, wherein the multiple icons are configured to represent the two or more calls and are configured to be displayed in time sequence of the two or more calls.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17 , wherein the display is further configured to display the recent call information such that the aggregate of the two or more calls is displayed as a single entry in the list.