DESTINATION INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS

• US 20070061346A1
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: OWARI, Atsushi
• Application Number:
  US11/461,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

In a destination information input apparatus, a storing unit previously stores destination information constructed by a predetermined character train, a character input unit receives the predetermined character/character train, a destination information searching unit searches for the destination information connected to the character/character train from the storing unit, an operation instruction input unit allows the detected destination information to be displayed in predetermined display order, and a destination information deciding unit obtains the selection/decision of the desired destination information from the displayed destination information. Even when a display space is small, all of the detected addresses can be selected.

Claims

1. A destination information input apparatus which has a storing unit for previously storing destination information constructed by a predetermined character train, detects the destination information connected to one or more characters from said storing unit when said one or more characters are received, and displays the detected destination information onto a predetermined display unit, comprising:

an operation instruction input unit for causing said destination information detected from said storing unit to be displayed in a predetermined display order corresponding to a predetermined rule through an operation; and

a destination information deciding unit for obtaining a selection and decision of a desired destination information from said displayed destination information.

2. The destination information input apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display controlling unit which makes said destination information be displayed on said predetermined display unit in a corresponding said display order when plural said predetermined rule are set to correspond to different plural said display order and said operation instruction input unit inputted a display instruction for selecting one of said predetermined rules.

3. The destination information input apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the display instruction is received from said operation instruction input unit, said display controlling unit causes a plurality of said destination information to be displayed on said predetermined display unit in said display order.

4. The destination information input apparatus according to claim 3, wherein each time the display instruction is received from said operation instruction input unit, said display controlling unit updates one of said plurality of destination information to be displayed on said predetermined display unit.

5. The destination information input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined rule is alphabetical order of said destination information.

6. The destination information input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined rule is an order obtained on the basis of the number of times for selecting and deciding said destination information.

7. The destination information input apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising timer section which measures time when the selection and decision of said destination information is executed, and

wherein said predetermined rule is an order obtained on the basis of the latest execution time of the selection and decision.

8. A destination information input apparatus which has a storing unit in which a number of destination information each constructed by a character train has been stored, a searching unit for searching for a plurality of said destination information each including an inputted character from said storing unit, and a display unit for displaying part by part the plurality of searched destination information, comprising:

a display controlling unit which sets the display order of said plurality of searched destination information on the basis of a predetermined rule; and

a destination information deciding unit which selects and decides any one of the destination information displayed on said display unit,

wherein said display controlling unit makes the remaining destination information be displayed on said display unit except said selected and decided destination information on the basis of said display order.