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Apparatus for referring to a content of a dial memory in a telphone set

  • US 5,483,591 A
  • Filed: 02/01/1994
  • Issued: 01/09/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for referring to a content of a dial memory in a telephone set, comprising:

  • a dial memory group including a plurality of dial memories, each of said dial memories storing a content of a telephone number and letter data;

    an index letter memory storing index letter data arranged in a predetermined order, each of said index letter data being a part of said letter data;

    a key input unit including a forward direction reference key for generating a forward direction reference signal and a reverse direction reference key for generating a reverse direction reference signal;

    a display for displaying said content stored in each of said dial memories;

    whole memory reference means for referring in turn to each of said plurality of dial memories included in said dial memory group in said forward or reverse direction selected by said forward or reverse direction reference key one by one to display said content on said display beginning with a dial memory displayed on said display at a time of generating a signal of a reference instruction as a starting memory;

    a skip reference means for referring in turn to index letter data and corresponding dial memories in said forward or reverse direction to display respective contents of said dial memories on said display, each of said dial memories being indexed by each of said index letter data, said skip reference means being operative to display one of said dial memories corresponding to one of said index letter data referenced; and

    a whole memory reference key and a skip reference key, respectively, provided in said key input unit, said whole memory reference key selecting said whole memory reference means to be driven in a condition that said skip reference means is not selected, while said skip reference key selecting said skip reference means to be driven in a condition that said whole memory reference means is not selected, wherein said skip reference means is responsive to a skip instruction signal from said skip reference key, for skipping a user-designated number n of index letter data before displaying said contents of said dial memories beginning with a start memory, said whole memory reference means being operative in response to said whole memory reference key.

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