Dialing apparatus

• US 4,908,853 A
• Filed: 05/11/1988
• Issued: 03/13/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Kohichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Application Number:
  US07/192,652
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: 379/131, 379/355, 379/356, 379/216, 379/357, 379/358, 379/354
• US Class Current: 379/355.09
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display

Abstract

A dialing apparatus, in which names of stations (or other information identifying the stations) accessible by means of speed-dialing are displayed, e.g., at least one at a time. An operator can change the display to show the next name, and can use a selector key or the like when the name of the desired destination is shown, to instruct the apparatus to dial that station. The names may alternatively be shown several at a time, and the displays may be changed automatically at periodic intervals. A keyboard or the like is used to enter names and dialing numbers of destination stations, to add them to the list of stations accessible through speed-dialing. The place of a new entry in the list can be determined automatically, e.g., by means of a program to sort the names in alphabetical or other predetermined order.

Claims

1. A dialing apparatus for accessing a destination station, comprising:

a memory for storing information, including a name and a dialing number, for each of a plurality of destination stations;

display means, arranged to display at least the name of one destination station at a time from among the plurality of destination stations;

a key for altering the names of destination stations displayed on said display means in a predetermined order;

control means for shifting the names of destination stations displayed on said display means, in the predetermined order according to the input of said key;

a selector for selecting a dialing number; and

dialing means for dialing the dialing number of the destination station displayed on said display means based on the selection made by said selector.

2. A dialing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory means stores the dialing numbers in a predetermined order.

3. A dialing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for registering a name and a dialing number in said memory; and

means for altering the predetermined order in accordance with the name registered by said registering means.

4. A dialing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said selector selects dialing in response to the input of a speed dialing number.

5. A dialing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said display unit means displays the speed dialing number together with the name of the destination station to which the speed dialing number corresponds.

6. A dialing apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said altering means alters the order of storing in said memory.