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

• US 8,588,857 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2006
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• 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): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US11/538,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20070123232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,603 Days
• Field of Search: 455/564, 455/565, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 379/100.14, 379/90.01, 379/93.23, 379/93.17, 379/355.01, 379/355.02
• US Class Current: 455/564
• 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 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;

a display that displays a screen showing a one-touch-dial registration;

a control unit that, in response to an operation of a one-touch-dial button of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons, makes destination data register in the one-touch-dial registration unit so as to be associated with the one-touch-dial button operated, based on a selection of the one-touch-dial registration from the screen showing the one-touch-dial registration on the display, in a case where destination data has not been registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit in relation to the one-touch-dial button operated.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display displays the screen showing selection information of the one-touch-dial registration in a case where destination data has not been registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit.

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

registering destination data in a one-touch-dial registration unit so as to be associated with the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

in response to an operation of a one-touch-dial button of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons, making destination data register in the one-touch-dial registration unit so as to be associated with the one-touch-dial button operated, based on a selection of the one-touch-dial registration from a screen showing the one-touch-dial registration, in a case where destination data has not been registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit in relation to the one-touch-dial button operated.

4. A dial registration program for a communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons, the dial registration program allowing an information processing unit to execute the steps of:

registering destination data in a one-touch-dial registration unit so as to be associated with the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

in response to an operation of a one-touch-dial button of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons, making destination data register in the one-touch-dial registration unit so as to be associated with the one-touch-dial button operated, based on a selection of the one-touch-dial registration from a screen showing the one-touch-dial registration, in a case where destination data has not been registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit in relation to the one-touch-dial button operated.