IP Library Granted Patent US 8,249,229
Granted Patent B2
US 8,249,229 · App. 12/714,813 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

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

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,249,229
App. No.
12/714,813
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
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 (18)

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 the destination data in the destination-data registration unit to be registered therein, the destination data being called in accordance with an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

a control unit that, if the one or more one-touch-dial buttons are operated, displays on a display means the destination data associated with the address when the address is registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit, displays on the display means information meaning that the address is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit, and displays on the display means information meaning that the destination data is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is not registered in the destination-data registration unit.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit displays on the display means a screen for selecting the address, which is a registration object, from the destination-data registration unit when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit.

3. A dial registration method for a communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons, the dial registration method comprising:

registering destination data in a destination-data registration unit;

registering an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit to a one-touch-dial registration unit, the destination data being called in accordance with an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

if the one or more one-touch-dial buttons are operated, displaying the destination data associated with the address when the address is registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit, displaying information meaning that the address is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit, and displaying information meaning that the destination data is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is not registered in the destination-data registration unit.

4. The dial registration method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

displaying a screen for selecting the address, which is a registration object, from the destination-data registration unit when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for a computer to execute dial registration of a communication terminal having one or more one-touch-dial buttons, the program comprising:

registering destination data in a destination-data registration unit;

registering an address of the destination data in the destination-data registration unit to a one-touch-dial registration unit, the destination data being called in accordance with an operation of the one or more one-touch-dial buttons; and

if the one or more one-touch-dial buttons are operated, displaying the destination data associated with the address when the address is registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit, displaying information meaning that the address is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit, and displaying information meaning that the destination data is not registered when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is not registered in the destination-data registration unit.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5 , further comprising:

displaying a screen for selecting the address, which is a registration object, from the destination-data registration unit when the address is not registered in the one-touch-dial registration unit and the destination data is registered in the destination-data registration unit.

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 →