Telephone with touch-any-key dialing mode
First Claim
1. A method of dialing a telephone having a keypad and a memory, comprising the steps of:
- a) storing one or more telephone numbers in said memory, wherein each of said telephone numbers is associated with a predetermined keystroke count;
b) counting keystrokes entered on the keypad so as to generate a keystroke count;
c) fetching the telephone number from said memory corresponding to said keystroke count, andd) calling the telephone number fetched from memory.
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Abstract
A cellular telephone is provided with two dialing modes: the normal dialing mode, and a new dialing mode for impaired users called touch-any-key dialing. To prepare the phone for use in the touch-any-key dialing mode, a caretaker powers-on the phone, enters the phone'"'"'s password, loads one, two, or three telephone numbers into the phone'"'"'s speed-dial memory, and then selects the touch-any-key dialing mode. To dial a phone so prepared, a user enters keystrokes anywhere on the phone'"'"'s keypad, the first of which keystrokes starts a timer. If one, two, or three keystrokes are detected within a predetermined interval of time, the phone dials the first, second, or third speed-dial numbers, respectively. If four or more keystrokes are detected in the interval, the keystrokes are compared with a pre-programmed password. If the password and the keystrokes match, the phone switches from touch-any-key dialing mode to normal cellular telephone dialing mode; if the keystrokes and the password differ, the phone persists in touch-any-key dialing mode.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of dialing a telephone having a keypad and a memory, comprising the steps of:
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a) storing one or more telephone numbers in said memory, wherein each of said telephone numbers is associated with a predetermined keystroke count; b) counting keystrokes entered on the keypad so as to generate a keystroke count; c) fetching the telephone number from said memory corresponding to said keystroke count, and d) calling the telephone number fetched from memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A telephone with simplified dialing, comprising:
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a) a memory for storing one or more telephone numbers, wherein each telephone number is associated with a predetermined keystroke count; b) a keypad for entering keystrokes; c) a counter for counting keystrokes entered on said keypad; d) logic for fetching a telephone number from said memory based on the number of keystrokes counted by said counter. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A telephone having a normal dialing mode and a touch-any-key dialing mode, comprising:
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a) a memory for storing one or more telephone numbers;
wherein each telephone number is associated with a predetermined keystroke count;b) a keypad for entering keystrokes; c) a counter for counting keystrokes entered on said keypad; d) logic for dialing a stored number fetched from memory based on said keystroke count from said counter when in said touch-any-key mode, and for dialing a numbered entered on said keypad when in said normal dialing mode. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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