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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7499538 | Telephone for searching memory content using a simple user operation A telephone enabling a user to search a telephone directory using a simple and trouble-free operation. The telephone has a storage unit for storing names to be called and corresponding telephone numbers, and an operating unit including a plurality of numeric ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7353046 | Portable telephone A portable telephone has a phone-book capability of storing and searching plural pieces of receiver information including character information and image information and comprises phone-book memory means for registering plural pieces of receiver information includin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7317899 | Communication apparatus A portable terminal device aborts a screen display process of the current application on a display in accordance with a switch of a communication partner during communication with a speaker A and executes a screen display process of an application corresponding to a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302051 | System and method for providing an automatic telephone call back from information provided at a data terminal The system and method provides an automatic telephone call back in response to a request for assistance made at a remote data terminal by an inquiring party. The inquiring party provides information at the data terminal, the information is transferred over a data pa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283854 | Portable terminal device The foldable portable terminal apparatus with a camera includes display sections on the front side (side A) and backside (side B) of the housing. When the housing (1) is open, both the person who is taking a picture using a camera (10, 8) and the perso... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280653 | Telephone system for making call to telephone number read from a sheet There is provided a telephone system, which can surely read a telephone number written on a sheet such as a name card and make a call to the telephone number. OCR reader 3, key input section 4 and calling control section 5 are connected to CPU | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269413 | Telephone location caller ID A location caller ID feature where a cellular telephone placing a called is located by a telephone service and a message relating to that location is transmitted to a called telephone. The called telephone can display the location of the calling phone in human reada... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266394 | Full screen display of key entries A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for displaying keystrokes on a display screen in the mobile communications device. In response to detecting a user input selecting a character on a keypad, the character is displayed on the display screen using a full s... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7236775 | Method for transmitting destination information in mobile communication terminal A method for transmitting and for storing destination information in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The method for transmitting destination information includes determining whether a navigation mode is enabled and, if the navigation mode is enabled, d... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216221 | Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer A system and method for improved audio controls on a personal computer is provided. The system and method provide a unified architecture for audio controls across hardware and software interfaces of the personal computer. An intelligent facility may automatically ch... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7181252 | System and method for performing security functions of a mobile station A system and method are provided for performing security functions of a mobile station adapted to communicate via a communications network. The mobile station comprises a receiver, a controller, and can also include a ringer and/or a user identifying device. The rin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143090 | Method of searching-by-number and device including search-by-number feature A method for searching-by-number includes receiving at least one digit or a sequence of digits and wildcards; and searching any numbers stored in a device to form a match list including any stored numbers matching the at least one digit or the sequence of digits and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142846 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A processor extracts a numeral string from a pager message which has been received via a pager antenna and a pager-signal receiving unit, and retrieves a telephone number including that numeral from a built-in telephone directory memory. The retrieved telephone numb... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129969 | Telephone unit having telephone directory with picture data and method for generating telephone directory with picture data When a telephone unit communicates with a communication party using a television telephone function, a receiving portion of the telephone unit receives compressed moving picture data from the communication party having a moving picture encoder through a communicatio... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123713 | Communication device A communication device making a call origination in accordance with a predetermined operation is provided with a one-touch dial storage that stores telephone numbers in association with one-touch dial keys, a telephone directory data storage that stores telephone nu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114077 | Verification system for confidential data input In an electronic device having a processor, a visual display, apparatus for entering data into said device, and an electronic memory, a method for reliably determining whether confidential handwritten or voice data entered into the electronic device for processing h... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110512 | Method and apparatus for providing prepaid local telephone services A system and method for providing prepaid dialtone services. The system includes a prepaid dialtone service center having an applications server that maintains a prepaid dialtone subscriber database including subscriber identification and service period information.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103396 | Portable telephone apparatus and control method thereof When the key operation area is pressed, a decision is made about whether the key is pre-registered a single button dialing telephone number or not (step 3). In case a decision is made that a single button dialing telephone number is pre-registered to the key ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092511 | Telephone for retrieving memory content through simple operation A telephone enabling a user to search a telephone directory using a simple and trouble-free operation. The telephone has a storage unit for storing names to be called and corresponding telephone numbers, and an operating unit including a plurality of numeric ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085369 | Dialing method with phone number retrieval using partial pattern matching A dialing method with phone number retrieval using partial pattern matching. First, a partial number string is received. Then, phone number sources are searched to retrieve candidate numbers according to the partial number string. All of the candidate numbers contai... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075519 | Method for entering a character sequence into an electronic device as well as an electronic device for performing said method In a method for entering a character sequence consisting of one or more characters into an electronic device including keys for entering keystrokes by a user as well a display panel for presenting information to the user, wherein a group of characters is presented o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072461 | Merging various request methods into a single unified user interface Methods and systems for allowing a user to enter a request, such as dialing input, without having to specify, or otherwise commit to, a particular request method. Upon detecting a user input that represents a user request for service, response data is retrieved that... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7020269 | Speed dialing method using symbols in communication terminal having touch pad A method for performing speed dialing using symbols in a communication terminal having a touch pad is disclosed. The method comprises registering a symbol in association with a phone number; comparing a symbol input by a user from the touch pad with the registered s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6993321 | Wireless telephone system with mobile instruments for outgoing calls A telecommunication system incorporates individual station instruments simplified by wireless operation, voice dialing, prepaid accounting and out-call operation, all enabled by cooperative system operation including supporting central equipment. Wireless operation ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6980642 | Method and apparatus for abbreviated dialing in a subscriber terminal A method and apparatus for providing abbreviated dialing functionality to a user's subscriber terminal or telephone by automatically adding a designated string of digits to any abbreviated extension dialed by the user. The subscriber terminal may include a processor... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6970556 | Multi-media communication system having programmable speed dial control indicia The present multi-media subscriber station has control unit and a plurality of communication devices. Each communication device includes speed dial controls which, when activated but a user, provide for establishing a communication session to a communication end poi... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964369 | Removable card for use in a radio unit A removable card is used in radio units. The card comprises a memory for storing telephone numbers associated with an owner of the card. One of the telephone numbers is a telephone number of the owner. The memory is configured so that upon insertion of the card in a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963639 | Phone apparatus having redialing function capable of surely preventing unauthorized person from intercepting stored contents A phone apparatus having a redialing function comprises a memory, a redialing button, a digit setting button which is used for setting a maximum digit number of limiting the digit number of the redialing number and which makes the memory record the maximum digit num... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961590 | Method, device, and database for providing communication addresses for communication devices The present invention includes a method, device, and database for providing communication addresses for communication devices. In one form, a method for providing a communication address for establishing communication with a communication device is disclosed. The me... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6950652 | Remote management of an external phonebook The present invention permits access to information stored on a remote device from a local device without requiring that a complete physical copy of the remote information be made. An enhanced and refined hash table permits access to the remote information in order ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947770 | Convenient dialing of names and numbers from a phone without alpha keypad Retrieving a desired telephone number from a database in a mobile communication unit is facilitated by utilizing the frequency with which the user calls each telephone number stored in the database in a manner that allows the mobile communication unit to make a “b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944441 | Operation method of portable phone to change mode using dial key and apparatus for the same A portable phone includes dial keys (2) including at least one specific key and unspecific keys, and a processing unit (3). The processing unit determines whether one of the dial keys which is operated in a first mode is one of the unspecific dial keys... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6917802 | Mobile keyless telephone instruments and wireless telecommunications system having voice dialing and voice programming capabilities A telecommunication system incorporates individual station instruments simplified by wireless operation, voice dialing, prepaid and custom-programmed operating characteristics, all enabled by cooperative operation with supporting central equipment. Wireless operatio... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6870927 | Automatic area code detector and dialer for automatically selecting, preparing and entering supplemental information to complete an address The present invention comprises four principal elements: (1) a telephone instrument; (2) a computer; (3) an automatic dialer; and (4) a telephone line. These elements allow for automatic dialing of local and long distance calls in the United States, as well as autom... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6766018 | Portable telephone A portable telephone has a phone-book capability of storing and searching plural pieces of receiver information including character information and image information and comprises phone-book memory means for registering plural pieces of receiver information includin... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6760431 | Methods and apparatus for identification and user prompting for storage of frequently used data items A device which stores frequently used data items in a retrieval list for easy retrieval and use. An example is a telephone operative to identify frequently-dialed telephone numbers and prompt a user to store frequently-dialed numbers in a speed-dial list. When a num... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6704398 | Handy communication terminal A communication terminal includes (a) a memory which stores telephone directory data input into the handy communication terminal, (b) a display unit which displays the telephone directory data, and (c) a controller which displays modes each of which deter... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6643370 | Communication terminal Destination party information related to a call history is stored and destination party information frequently used among destination party information related to the call history is set as erase inhibited, so that a call is placed by displaying the desti... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6553115 | Automated access telephone system Computerized switching system provides a method of connecting a caller and a called party or target by a manual or automated dialer by informing a control station of a PIN or ID number and optionally the service type, and having the call routed based on p... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6442270 | Telephone number lookup with reduced scrolling A telephone (202) includes a microphone (204), earphone (206), keypad (208), and display unit (210). The keypad (208) is the preferred user interface for entry of a telephone number into the telephone so that the telephone may call it. However, a voice re... | 08/27/2002 |
