Communication terminal, and dial registration method and dial registration program therefor

• US 8,249,229 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2010
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCNT LLC
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Houmura, Toshikazu, Yoshihara, Kazuhiro, Yamaguchi, Takako, Nagaoka, Kazuma
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahee, Mohammed Shafiul Alam
• Application Number:
  US12/714,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20100150334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 379/90.01, 379/93.17, 379/93.23, 379/100.14, 379/355.01, 379/355.02, 379/355.05, 379/355.09, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/564, 455/565
• US Class Current: 379/100.14
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/00 Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27457 Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device

Abstract

A communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons simplifies operations needed for registration of destination data such as phone numbers or mail addresses. A communication terminal (e.g., a cellular phone) having one or more one-touch-dial buttons includes a destination-data registration unit (e.g., a phone-directory database) that allows destination data such as phone numbers or mail addresses to be registered therein, a one-touch-dial registration unit that allows destination data to be registered therein so as to be associated with the one or more one-touch-dial buttons, and a control unit that, in response to an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons, determines whether destination data has been registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit or the destination-data registration unit, and that outputs a result of the determination and a query message regarding registration of the destination data.

Claims

1. A communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons, the communication terminal comprising:

a destination-data registration unit that allows destination data to be registered therein;

a one-touch-dial registration unit that allows an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit to be registered therein, the destination data being called in accordance with an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

a control unit that, if the one or more one-touch-dial buttons are operated, displays on a display means the destination data associated with the address when the address is registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit, displays on the display means information meaning that the address is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit, and displays on the display means information meaning that the destination data is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is not registered in the destination-data registration unit.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit displays on the display means a screen for selecting the address, which is a registration object, from the destination-data registration unit when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit.

3. A dial registration method for a communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons, the dial registration method comprising:

registering destination data in a destination-data registration unit;

registering an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit to a one-touch-dial registration unit, the destination data being called in accordance with an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

if the one or more one-touch-dial buttons are operated, displaying the destination data associated with the address when the address is registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit, displaying information meaning that the address is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit, and displaying information meaning that the destination data is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is not registered in the destination-data registration unit.

4. The dial registration method according to claim 3, further comprising:

displaying a screen for selecting the address, which is a registration object, from the destination-data registration unit when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for a computer to execute dial registration of a communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons, the program comprising:

registering destination data in a destination-data registration unit;

registering an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit to a one-touch-dial registration unit, the destination data being called in accordance with an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

if the one or more one-touch-dial buttons are operated, displaying the destination data associated with the address when the address is registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit, displaying information meaning that the address is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit, and displaying information meaning that the destination data is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is not registered in the destination-data registration unit.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a screen for selecting the address, which is a registration object, from the destination-data registration unit when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit.