EP0458563A2
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A multi-function telephone apparatus
Assignee: Nokia Inc
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Filing: 1991-05-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-05-20
Abstract
Abstract A telephone apparatus which is made up of a radio telephone part comprises a memory unit, a circuit for forming an outgoing call, a display and a keyboard, and of a receiver part for receiving alphanumeric messages and for displaying them in the said display. The telephone apparatus additionally includes a memory for storing an alphanumeric message and a circuit for displaying in the display a telephone number, contained in this present message, and a circuit, connected to the keyboard, for transferring the telephone number in the display at each given time to the register for the forming of a telephone call. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Pekka Ilmari Lahtinen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 18:32
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; G; G08; G08B; G08B5/00; G08B5/22; G08B5/222; G08B5/223; G08B5/224; G08B5/227; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27485; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/7243; H04W88/022; H04M1/57
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A telephone apparatus which is made up of a telephone part, in particular a radio telephone part, which comprises at least a memory unit for storing a telephone number or telephone numbers, a first electrical circuit for forming an outgoing call in accordance with a number in the memory unit, a display and a keyboard, and a receiver part for receiving alphanumeric messages and for displaying them in the said display, characterised in that the telephone apparatus additionally includes a memory for temporary storage of an incoming alphanumeric message in its entirety, a second electrical circuit for displaying in the said display a telephone number possibly included in the present message temporarily stored in this memory, and a third circuit, connected to the keyboard, for transferring the telephone number in the display at each given time to the memory unit for forming a call and/or for further processing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
A telephone apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that it additionally includes a fourth circuit, which can be pre-programmed to recognise characters indicating the beginning and/or end of a telephone number possibly included in the alphanumeric present message, or alternatively to recognise from the alphanumeric present message a character string which, according to the programmed algorithm, is probably a telephone number, and which fourth circuit then transfers the found number, or character string, to the display for the purpose of being assessed by the user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
85 words
A telephone apparatus according to Claim 1, characterised in that it includes a fifth circuit which can be pre-programmed to scroll in the display an alphanumeric present message which is in the temporary memory, either continuously or in sequences in portions depending on the length of the display, and that this fifth circuit is connected to the keyboard in such a manner that the user can by means of the keyboard halt in the display the desired portion of this message which is being scrolled.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
112 words
A telephone apparatus according to Claim 2 or 3, characterised in that it includes a sixth circuit, connected to the keyboard, by means of which circuit the user can, with the help of a certain key or keys, select for operation the desired one of the said telephone number tracing methods pre-programmed in the fourth and fifth circuits, and that the keyboard includes an acceptance key by means of which the user can accept a portion of the present message in the display and transfer this portion to the memory unit in the case of a telephone number, or to a short-selection directory in the case of a name or the like.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
A telephone apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that it further includes a seventh circuit connected to the keyboard, and a program installed in the circuit, by means of which the user may supplement or correct the alphanumeric present message in the memory unit and in the display.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
A telephone apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that it includes switch means which connect the said temporary memory either to a voice channel or to a short-message channel to store the alphanumeric message for further processing, depending on the channel from which the message comes, and that the switch means operate either automatically on the basis of the incoming signal or, alternatively, according to keying by the user.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
82 words
A telephone apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the said temporary memory, the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh circuits, the acceptance key, and the said switch means, or a combination of any of these, alternatively constitute a structural part integrated into a cellular radio telephone, in particular a GSM network cellular radio telephone, or is constructed as a separate structural part or auxiliary device to be connected to a radio telephone and/or a personal pager.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
135 words
A method in a telephone apparatus which is made up of a telephone part comprising a memory unit, a circuit for forming an outgoing call, a display and a keyboard, and a receiver part for receiving alphanumeric messages, for processing a received alphanumeric message electronically, characterized in that the processing of the received present message is made up of at least the following steps: (1) the telephone apparatus searches out one at a time from the telephone number strings possibly contained in the message, and displays this number string in the display (2) the user by means of the keyboard either rejects or accepts the telephone number in the display (3) the telephone apparatus places a call to the telephone number accepted in the preceding step upon the user having keyed the impulse concerning it.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
A method according to Claim 8, characterized in that the said telephone number search step implemented by the telephone apparatus includes as alternative search methods: a) the picking out of a telephone number discriminated and recognized on the basis of certain predetermined characters b) the picking out of character string alternatives formed by predetermined characters in accordance with programmed algorithms c) the scrolling of an alphanumeric message through the display, in which case the user may, by keying, halt a telephone number in the display.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method according to Claim 9, characterized in that the user may select, by keying, the one desired from among the predetermined search methods, or alternatively, a successive chain of the various search methods has been programmed into the telephone apparatus.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to Claim 8, characterized in that the said telephone number acceptance-rejection step additionally includes a step in which the user may correct and supplement the telephone number series in the display.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method according to Claim 8, characterized in that the method additionally comprises, after the said acceptance step, a step wherein the telephone number, on the basis of the user's keying, is stored in the memory unit as a part of the short-selection directory according to either a code keyed in by the user or a code searched out by the telephone apparatus from the message.
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