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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takushi Kunihiro, Tokyo, JP;
Fukuharu Sudo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455575 ; 455 313 ; 455412 ;
Abstract
A portable communication terminal capable of forming and transmitting text faster and easier than conventional terminals including input devices for selecting an operating mode of the portable communication terminal and for entering alphanumeric symbols, a display for displaying the symbols and a cursor, a memory for storing previously chosen text data, and control circuitry for displaying in the display a user selected one of the previously chosen text data stored in the memory, and for inserting alphanumeric symbols input by the user into fixed positions of the selected text before transmitting the combined text.