Destination retrieval apparatus, communication apparatus and method for retrieving destination
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorTakayuki Hirosawa
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Abstract
When an initial character is specified by striking a character input key, the first destination candidate, according to the alphabetical order, is displayed. After this, in response to each striking of the same character input key, the display screen is switched to displaying the next destination candidate. In particular, when there is no more next destination candidate having the character specified by the character input key as its initial character, the turn returns to the first destination candidate having the same character as its initial character and this destination candidate is displayed.
Claims12
A destination retrieving apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of information each utilized for connecting to a destination and a plurality of names corresponding to the plurality of the information;
- a panel that has a plurality of input keys for inputting a name of a destination;
- a display configured to display the name of the destination;
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- a controller configured, when a first character of the name is input by one of the plurality of the input keys, to retrieve, from the memory, one name having, as a first character, the character input by the one of the plurality of the input keys, and to display the retrieved one name on the display,
- the controller, when the same input key as the input key utilized for inputting the first character of the name is again actuated, being further configured to retrieve another name having the same first character from the memory, and to display the retrieved another name on the display.
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a communicator configured to communicate with a destination;
- a memory configured to store a plurality of information each utilized for connecting to a destination and a plurality of names corresponding to the plurality of the information;
- a panel that has a plurality of input keys for inputting a name of a destination;
- a display configured to display the name of the destination;
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- a controller configured, when a first character of the name is input by one of the plurality of the input keys, to retrieve, from the memory, one name having, as a first character, the character input by the one of the plurality of the input keys, and to display the retrieved one name on the display,
- the controller, when the same input key as the input key utilized for inputting the first character of the name is again actuated, being further configured to retrieve another name having the same first character from the memory, and to display the retrieved another name on the display,
- the controller being further configured, when a name is selected from the memory, to call to a destination of the selected name, based on the information utilized for connecting to the selected name.
A method for retrieving a destination by at least one of a plurality of input keys, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of information each utilized for connecting to a destination and a plurality of names corresponding to the plurality of information;
- retrieving, from the plurality of the stored names, one name having, as a first character, a character input by one of the plurality of the input keys, when the first character of a name of a destination is input by the one of the plurality of the input keys;
- displaying the retrieved one name having the first character;
- retrieving another name having the same first character from the plurality of stored names, when the same input key as the input key utilized for inputting the first character of the name of the destination is again actuated;
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- displaying the retrieved another name having the same first character.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.