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Telephone apparatus capable of inputting character data

  • US 4,532,378 A
  • Filed: 08/03/1984
  • Issued: 07/30/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telephone apparatus capable of inputting character/symbol data comprising:

  • telephone network means connected to a handset and terminals connected to a telephone exchange station;

    keyboard means having numeral keys each assigned to a plurality of characters/symbols and a mode switching key for switching between a numeral mode and a character/symbol, said keyboard means including a key having a switching instruction function which causes preparation for an additional character/symbol to be displayed with the next depression of one of said numeral keys;

    controller means connected to the telephone network means and the keyboard and including memory means for storing keyed in data, said controller means for;

    (1) setting a desired mode as the mode switching key is operated, (2) selecting for display one of the character/symbols assigned to one of said numeral keys which has been depressed after said mode setting means has been set to the character/symbol mode, (3) changing the character/symbol selected for display in said function (2) to a different character/symbol associated with the same numeral key in response to each repeated depression of the same numeral key previously depressed, (4) selecting for display one of the characters/symbols assigned to another of said numeral keys which has been depressed immediately after said one numeral key, (5) preparing for an additional character/symbol to be displayed with the next depression of one of said numeral keys in response to depression of said switching instruction function key when said additional character/symbol is associated with the same one of said numeral keys as the character/symbol just entered, and (6) holding in said memory means a representation of said character/symbol selected by said functions (2)-(4); and

    display means, connected to said controller means, for displaying said character/symbols whose representation is stored in said memory means.

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