Coded data generation or conversion – Bodily actuated code generator – Including keyboard or keypad
Patent
1993-05-03
1999-11-02
Lee, Thomas D.
Coded data generation or conversion
Bodily actuated code generator
Including keyboard or keypad
341 23, 345168, 364189, 36470912, H03K 1794
Patent
active
059778873
ABSTRACT:
A mobile telephone includes a memory (11) in which both a telephone number and an associated name can be stored. The telephone includes a visual display (8) and a keypad (9) with a plurality of keys (9a) each having a number and several (eg three) alphabet characters associated therewith. In a first data entry mode a telephone number may be entered into the memory (11) by pressing the respective numeric keys (9a) once in turn. In a second data entry mode a name may be entered and appended to the telephone number by pressing the relevant key (9a) an appropriate number of times. For each key one key press displays the first letter, two key presses displays the second letter, and three key presses displays the third letter associated with that key. In a data retrieval mode, however, a data item to be searched is entered by pressing only once for each character the respective keys (9a) having the desired character associated therewith. When a match is found between a name stored in the memory (11) and one of the possible combinations of alphabet characters associated with the sequence of keys pressed in the data retrieval mode, the respective name and associated telephone number are shown on the display (8).
REFERENCES:
European Patent Office, Patent Abstracts of Japan, JP60103760, published Jun. 8, 1985, "Telephone Set" by Kuriyama Takeshi, p. 1/1.
European Patent Office, Patent Abstracts of Japan, JP3180927 published Aug. 6, 1991, "Method For Discriminationg Input Character String" by Nomura Tatsuro, p. 1/1.
Lee Thomas D.
Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
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