Method for accessing contact information
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorClaes Kallqvist
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Abstract
A method for accessing contact information in an electronic device, such as a mobile phone, including a display and a plurality of keys, where each key represents one or more characters, comprising the steps of detecting a first input on a key, and presenting a contact stored as a speed dial choice for the key of the first input. When a second input on a key is detected, all contacts stored in a database of the device are searched, and any contact data including the combination of a character represented by the first input key and a character of the second input key are then presented to the user.
Claims9
A method for accessing contact information in an electronic device, the device including a display and a plurality of keys, where each key represents one or more characters, comprising:
- detecting a first input on a key;
- presenting a contact stored as a speed dial choice for the key of the first input;
- detecting a second input on a key;
- presenting any contact stored in a database of the device, having contact data including the combination of a character represented by the first input key and a character of the second input key;
- operating a navigation key to move a highlight on the display indicating which contact is a highlighted contact;
- accessing other contact addresses associated with the highlighted contact by right or left movement of the navigation key;
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- pressing a key to perform an action related to data of the highlighted contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.