Displayed information management method

• US 6,624,809 B1
• Filed: 12/09/1999
• Issued: 09/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kowaguchi, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Shalwala, Bipin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Jimmy H.
• Application Number:
  US09/457,804
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: 345/169, 345/901, 379/93.23, 379/354, 455/461, 455/464, 455/158.4, 455/158.5, 455/166.1, 455/166.2
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A displayed information management method allowing easy operation of a portable communication apparatus is disclosed. After selecting data from a set of data according to a desired condition inputted through a ten-key pad, a sequential index number is added to each piece of selected data. The sequential index number is not greater than a maximum number of lines displayable on the display. Each piece of the selected data accompanied with a sequential index number is displayed on the display. A desired piece of selected data is selected by a user inputting a sequential index number accompanying the desired piece of selected data through the ten-key pad.

Claims

1. A method for managing information in a portable communication apparatus including a memory, an input device including a ten-key pad, and a display, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting data from a set of data according to a desired condition inputted through the input device;

determining whether a number of pieces of selected data is not greater than a maximum number of alphanumeric character lines displayable on the display;

when the number of pieces of selected data is greater than the maximum number of alphanumeric character lines displayable on the display, dividing the selected data into a plurality of pages each containing a number of pieces of selected data which is not greater than the maximum number of alphanumeric character lines displayable on the display;

sequentially selecting a page from the plurality of pages through the input device;

adding a sequential index number to each piece of selected data in a selected page;

displaying each piece of the selected data accompanied with a sequential index number in the selected page on the display; and

selecting a desired piece of selected data by operating a numeral key of the ten-key pad corresponding to a sequential index number accompanying the desired piece of selected data through the input device.