IP Library Granted Patent US 7,869,831
Granted Patent B2
US 7,869,831 · App. 11/538,668 · Granted Jan 11, 2011

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

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,869,831
App. No.
11/538,668
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Kind
B2
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 (14)

1. A communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons, the communication terminal comprising:

a destination-data registration unit that allows destination data to be registered therein;

a one-touch-dial registration unit that allows an address of destination data in the destination-data registration unit to be registered therein,

the address being provided according to an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

a control unit that accepts registration of destination data in the destination-data registration unit in a case where the one or more one-touch-dial buttons is operated when an address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit,

wherein the control unit registers an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit, in the one-touch-dial registration unit, the destination data being accepted by the registration of the control unit.

2. 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 destination-data registration unit;

accepting registration of destination data in the destination-data registration unit in a case where the one or more one-touch-dial buttons is operated when an address is not registered in a one-touch-dial registration unit, the one-touch-dial registration unit allowing an address of destination data in the destination-data registration unit to be registered therein, the address being provided according to an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

registering an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit in the one-touch-dial registration unit, the destination data being accepted by the registration.

3. A computer readable medium storing 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 destination-data registration unit;

accepting registration of destination data in the destination-data registration unit in a case where the one or more one-touch-dial buttons is operated when an address is not registered in a one-touch-dial registration unit, the one-touch-dial registration unit allowing an address of destination data in the destination-data registration unit to be registered therein, the address being provided according to an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

registering an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit in the one-touch-dial registration unit the destination data being accepted by the registration.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047555/0862 →