Telephone dialler with a personalized page organization of telephone directory memory
CAFCFirst Claim
1. A telephone dialler comprising a keypad to generate a sequence of indicia corresponding to a telephone number,a memory to store said sequences of indicia to provide a telephone directory,a central processing unit (CPU) to access said directory to store and retrieve indicia therein, anda display to display sequences retrieved from said directory by a page selection device, said sequences of said indicia in said directory being collected into discrete pages each of which may be selected for retrieval from said memory by a page selection device, said CPU displaying at least one of said sequences on said display, a manually operable scanning device to scan indicia of said selected page on said display, and a manually operable selector to select one of said indicia on said display for dialling.
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Abstract
An advanced telephone dialler has been described, incorporating a fast retrieval and dial telephone directory. The system simplifies the use of the telephone directory by using a single sliding or rotary key for scanning and selection of the name and number to be dialled and one button for speed dialling of the selected number. The name and telephone number of the selected person are simultaneously displayed on a character display and a normal telephone keypad has been used for entering both letters for the name and digits for the number into telephone directory'"'"'s memory. A short cut dialling has been also provided by simply using the sequential order number of the person to be dialled from the telephone directory'"'"'s memory. An option has been provided for checking the incoming calls numbers with the telephone directory of the system and not only displaying the name of the calling person and its number if they have been found in directory. In addition the telephone directory memory is divided into pages each page having its own access code and the option to be locked or unlocked. If a selected page has been locked the access is denied unless a proper access code for this page has been entered. In the case of the calling number identification feature, in addition to the name of the calling person if it is in the memory, the system displays the name of the person to whom the page, where this number resides, has been assigned. The application is targeted for heavy traffic business or personal phones, family telephones, cellular phones and as a part of an office or home automation system.
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1. A telephone dialler comprising a keypad to generate a sequence of indicia corresponding to a telephone number,
a memory to store said sequences of indicia to provide a telephone directory, a central processing unit (CPU) to access said directory to store and retrieve indicia therein, and a display to display sequences retrieved from said directory by a page selection device, said sequences of said indicia in said directory being collected into discrete pages each of which may be selected for retrieval from said memory by a page selection device, said CPU displaying at least one of said sequences on said display, a manually operable scanning device to scan indicia of said selected page on said display, and a manually operable selector to select one of said indicia on said display for dialling.
- 5. A telephone dialler as claimed in 1, wherein each page is assigned an additional page identification alphanumeric sequence, said page identification alphanumeric sequences being stored in a dedicated area of the memory, and each of them to be retrieved from said memory whenever its corresponding page has been selected by means of said page selection device and accordingly displayed on the alphanumeric display.
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15. A telephone dialler, including a central processing unit (CPU), an alphanumeric display, a calling party number decoding circuit and a memory to store sequences of indicia to provide a telephone directory, wherein sets of indicia in said memory is collected into discrete pages, and each page of said telephone directory memory bas assigned an additional page identification alphanumeric sequence of indicia, all said indicia stored in a dedicated area of the memory, wherein the telephone number of the incoming call decoded by the calling party number decoding circuitry is stored in a buffer and then compared by means of the CPU with all of the numbers stored in telephone directory memory and if a match is found, said additional alphanumeric information corresponding to the page of said telephone directory memory to which this number belongs is loaded by means of the CPU into a temporary buffer and then displayed on the alphanumeric display.
- 16. A telephone dialler comprising a keypad to generate a sequence of indicia corresponding to a telephone number, a memory to store said sequences of indicia to provide a telephone directory, a central processing unit (CPU) to access said memory and a display to display a selected one of said sequences of indicia retrieved from said memory, said memory having an address space subdivided into discreet pages each of which can be selected by means of a page selection device and a manually operable inside page selection device to select one of said sequences of indicia stored within the selected section, each of said discreet pages having a software flag assigned thereto to indicate if the page is locked or open for access, said flag inhibiting access to said page if it indicates that the page is locked.
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