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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2000
Etsuko Kimura, Saitama, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a device used in a telephone terminal including a dial memory storing at least one address and a plurality of dial data associated with the address, for retrieving one of the dial data, an identifier being assigned to each one of the dial data, the identifier being comprised of a number in accordance with which the dial data is arranged, the device, on receipt of both a first signal indicative of the identifier and an aural signal indicative of the address, retrieving the dial data in accordance with the received first and aural signals, reading out dial data identified by the first and aural signals, and displaying the thus read-out dial data in a display screen. The device makes it possible to retrieve a target dial number more readily and in a shorter period of time than a conventional device.