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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Hiroyuki Kusaka, Takatsuki, JP;
Mitsuji Hama, Higashiosaka, JP;
Masahiro Naito, Kashihara, JP;
Eiji Kotobuki, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kusaka, Takatsuki, JP;
Mitsuji Hama, Higashiosaka, JP;
Masahiro Naito, Kashihara, JP;
Eiji Kotobuki, Toyonaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
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 keys that are each assigned different characters. The telephone also includes a control unit. When a key press of at least the predetermined time is received by the operating unit, the control unit searches the storage unit for names that include a character assigned to the pressed numeric key, and displays the found names on a display unit. The user can switch the telephone to telephone directory mode and perform a keyword search simply by pressing a numeric key for at least the predetermined time.